The leap of the lynx

The leap of the lynx
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by Klaus Feichtenberger – Produced by: Terra Mater Factual Studios in co-production with Wanda Films – Austria 2012 – Running time: 52 min. – Featured area: Andalusia, Spagna

Once, the Iberian lynx thrived across the entire Iberian Peninsula. As the third millennium begins, a sad remnant of some 150 individuals survive in two tiny isolated habitats, the rugged mountains of Sierra de Andujar and the coastal swamps of Coto Doñana. Until five years ago, both mini-populations were quickly fading away. But now local authorities, scientists, landowners and other groups have finally begun to act in unison, encouraged by the EU’s Natura 2000 program. Breeding stations have been installed and a migration corridor is being established to link the two populations. Rabbit populations have also been reintroduced, because where there are no rabbits, there is no lynx.