I am celebrating the amazing news that Iberian lynxes in the wild now number 2,401. I love the precision; it shows just how much every single lynx…… Read more “2,401!”
Tag: reintroductions
No lynx will be released in Portugal this year
Portuguese lynx population expanding so fast it doesn’t need artificial rentroductions
2020 was a baby boomer year
Portugal’s Alentejo is one of the most successful reintroduction sites for the Iberian lynx in the Iberian peninsular
Evacuated lynxes return to the Algarve
Last summer’s terrifying fires that forced the evacuation of Portugal’s only breeding centre for the endangered Iberian lynxes have long since died out, but it is only…… Read more “Evacuated lynxes return to the Algarve”
Stop! In the name of Lynx
Stop! In the name of Lynx – road accidents are the greatest threat to endangered lynxes now recovering
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?”
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”
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