Iberian Lynx Appears by Surprise of Everyone in Catalonia

The Iberian lynx is an endemic feline of the Iberian Peninsula, that feeds on rabbits and that for thousands of years marked its presence throughout the territory, until the actions of the human being almost ended with the species. Its situation was so serious that from the inclusion of the species in the Red List of IUCN qualified as ‘danger of extinction’ they began to take measures to recover it and protect it, through several programs that o…

What does an Iberian lynx born in the south of Portugal in the Prepyrineum of Lleida do? This is the question that can be asked after knowing the very long journey of a copy of which until now was considered the most threatened mammal and which traveled almost 1,000 kilometers or more to reach the other end of the Peninsula.Continue reading...

The cameras of the Generalitat detected an Iberian lynx in the Pre-Pyrenees in March, as reported by El Periódico and confirmed by government sources to ACN. The animal, named Secreto, is an adult male that was born four years ago at the captive breeding center in Silves, Portugal. It was later released on a farm near Seville. There are no plans to capture it to return it to Andalusia. It is unknown, however, if it continues in Catalonia or has …

Madrid 22 May (EFEverde).- A specimen of Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) with emitting collar has been detected in the Prepyrineum of Lleida by a camera of phototrampeo of the Rural Agents, in what supposes the second documented appearance of this species in Catalonia in the 21st century, where it was extinct since the middle of the XX, has reported, in a statement, rural agents of the Generalitat. The animal is an adult male with issuing collar, w…

This is a specimen released in Seville in 2023 after being bred in captivity.

His name is Secreto, he is a 4-year-old male, raised in the Algarve and released near Seville, who has arrived in Catalonia probably looking for new areas to settle in.