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"A lynx should be a lynx, not be treated like a house cat." So the lynxes never associate food with people, they are fed through a tunnel system at the centre. Then, when the time comes, they are ...
The wild cats were once native to Britain, but were driven to extinction 500 to 1,000 years ago. But some conservation groups have been campaigning to have the wild cats reintroduced to Scotland.
Some conservationists have called for the lynx to be released back into the Scottish Highlands, but reintroducing the lost species has long been a thorny issue.
Lynx Trust UK are a registered charity campaigning for the reintroduction of lynx to the Kielder Forest in Northumberland. [4] In 2018, a proposal to release six animals was turned down by then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove, [5] due to findings that the proposal did not "meet the necessary standards set out in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) guidelines and fails ...
Further, the lynx was hunted as "vermin" under a law passed under Francisco Franco, from the 1950s to the late 1970s, when the hunting of lynx was prohibited. Secret hunting of lynxes still occurs today and is becoming a serious problem. [39] Illegal traps set for rabbits and foxes were the leading causes for lynx mortality in the 1990s. [40]
The Balkan lynx has been on the brink of extinction for nearly a century, with total numbers estimated to be fewer than 50. [5] The Balkan lynxes' decrease in number have been thought to be due to illegal poaching. [15] The Balkan lynx starts mating around January to February, and gives birth in April. [16]
In a contrasting tale, conservation efforts have revived the Iberian lynx from the brink of extinction, with the population increasing from 62 mature individuals in 2001 to 648 in 2022 and more ...
The Red List Index (RLI), based on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, is an indicator of the changing state of global biodiversity.It defines the conservation status of major species groups, and measures trends in extinction risk over time.