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The Iberian lynx lives in Portugal and Spain, and is the world's most endangered cat, follow this successful conservation story with this blog.

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    Three years of the lives, loves and cubs of the Portuguese lynx

    In the remote south eastern edge of the Alentejo region of Portugal, the return of an apex predator – the Iberian lynx – is anxiously watched over…… Read more “Three years of the lives, loves and cubs of the Portuguese lynx”

    April 3, 2018July 2, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    3 more precious cubs born in Portugal

    Juncia has given birth to 3 cubs in the Portuguese breeding centre in Silves in the Algarve. The national conservation agency has released this video on youtube.…… Read more “3 more precious cubs born in Portugal”

    April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    New Life

      The storks have been busy and as you can see below the first of this years Iberian lynx cubs have arrived already. You can see new mum…… Read more “New Life”

    March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    In the beginning..

    It was here that I saw my first Iberian lynx – Aura and Saliega, a few weeks old, fluffy, with spock-like ear tufts, baby blue eyes and a fierce wild hiss that left you with no mistaking that these were indeed wild cats

    March 1, 2018March 8, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    And the Cat came back (from the brink of extinction)

    Thanks for joining me and the world of the Iberian lynx! In 2002 there were less than 100 Iberian lynxes left in the wild. There are now…… Read more “And the Cat came back (from the brink of extinction)”

    March 1, 2018March 7, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

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    The Cat that Came Back

    In 2000 I ran a media campaign to raise awareness of the almost extinct Iberian lynx. back then Europeans were more likely to have heard of faraway endangered tigers than our own endemic cat species.

    The Iberian lynx is now flourishing and reclaiming its historical habitat in Spain and Portugal, facing new threats of fast highways and mega dams that were built in its absence.

    Following in the footprints of the Iberian lynx

    Following in the footprints of the Iberian lynx

    2003

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