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© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, C. Blum-Rérat

Translocation Update

Lynx to be captured for health check

Female lynx Alva infected with leukaemia virus (FeLV)

© MLR © MLR

© MLR

Translocation

Another lynx released into the wild in Baden-Württemberg

Minister Peter Hauk MdL: ‘By actively reintroducing lynx into the wild, we want to promote the development of a lynx population in Baden-Württemberg and connect existing populations in Germany and Central Europe’.

© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, R. Oehme© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, R. Oehme

© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, R. Oehme

Translocation Update

Lynx Anton is dead

A major setback for the lynx project «ReLynx Saxony».

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© Linking Lynx

Workshop

Linking Lynx Meets Ahead of the EUROLYNX Meeting

In autumn 2024, Linking Lynx experts met to exchange ideas on the fringes of the EUROLYNX.

© «Wildnispark Zürich» / project «Luchs Thüringen»© «Wildnispark Zürich» / project «Luchs Thüringen»

© «Wildnispark Zürich» / project «Luchs Thüringen»

Translocation Update

Vreni the lynx from the Zurich «Wildnispark» has successfully settled in in Germany.

At the end of August, a female lynx that was born in 2023 at the Langenberg animal park in Langnau am Albis was released into the wild in the Thuringian Forest. The animal, named Vreni, has adapted well to life in the wild and has already killed several deer.

© Progetto Lince Italia, Renato Pontarini © Progetto Lince Italia, Renato Pontarini

© Progetto Lince Italia, Renato Pontarini

Translocation

Luna has arrived in the Tarvisio Forest

Today is a special day for the lynx in the south-eastern Alps: The Carabinieri Forestali released the female lynx LUNA in the Tarvisio Forest as part of the ULyCA project.

© Alexander Sommer© Alexander Sommer

© Alexander Sommer

Translocation

Successful reintroduction of further lynxes in the Thuringian Forest and surprising lynx reproduction

Species conservation project „Luchs Thüringen – Europas Luchse vernetzen“ records great successes.

© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, R. Oehme© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, R. Oehme

© Archiv Naturschutz LfULG, R. Oehme

Translocation

Five lynx have been roaming the Westerzgebirge since today

Kuder Anton released into the wild.

© Laurent Geslin © Laurent Geslin

© Laurent Geslin

SCALP

New lynx distribution map for Central Europe

The SCALP Monitoring Report 2020/2021 presents a new distribution map of the Eurasian lynx. This map shows the occurrence and reproductive events of the lynx in nine countries in Central Europe.