Iberianature » lynx in Cáceres http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog A guide to Spain: environment, geography, nature, landscape, climate, culture, history, rural tourism and travel Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:57:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 18 lynx cubs born in captivity in 2009 http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog/2009/06/18-lynx-cubs-born-in-captivity-in-2009/ http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog/2009/06/18-lynx-cubs-born-in-captivity-in-2009/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:56:50 +0000 nick http://www.iberianature.com/spainblog/?p=830

The final numbers for the lynx captive breeding programme have been released in 2009. A record 18 lynx cubs have been born, 11 in El Acebuche and 7 in the new La Olivilla centre. There are now a remarkable 78 lynxes (36 born in the wild, 42 in captivity) in the programme, which is clearly on target for the first wild releases scheduled for 2010. The new centre at Zarza de Granadilla (Cáceres) is also to be built in the near future. El Mundo

Above photo is from the ex-situ website and is of Espliego one of last year’s cubs.

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