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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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    Why did the cat cross the road?

    Big cats crossing roads, mean more wildlife bridges in Spain

    August 26, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Massive fire in the Algarve

    forest fire threatens Algarve lynxes

    August 7, 2018August 16, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    20 cubs born free in Portugal!

    20 cubs born free this year, tripling the Portuguese population of the endangered Iberian lynx

    July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    39 new reasons to be cheerful

    39 new Iberian lynx cubs are weaned and ready for their next steps in the wild or to join a new breeding centre, most of this year’s…… Read more “39 new reasons to be cheerful”

    July 21, 2018July 21, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Stop! In the name of Lynx

    Stop! In the name of Lynx – road accidents are the greatest threat to endangered lynxes now recovering

    July 14, 2018July 12, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Life’s a bowl of Cherries

    The cherry farmers of Catalunya want Litio the wandering Iberian lynx back, the male lynx famous for his long-distance trek from eastern Portugal all the way to…… Read more “Life’s a bowl of Cherries”

    July 7, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    New hope for the Iberian Lynx

    This is Saliega when I last saw her in 2003. Saliega went on to great things, when she became the first Iberian lynx to give birth in…… Read more “New hope for the Iberian Lynx”

    June 30, 2018July 2, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    Third time lucky?

    Some great news for lynxes this week, starting with our travelling lynx from last week. Litio has been successfully recovered and returned to Portugal’s Vale do Guadiana…… Read more “Third time lucky?”

    June 23, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    The long distance lynxes

    How far would you travel to find love?
    Hundreds?
    Or thousands of kilometers?

    June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 by Siobhan Mitchell

    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

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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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