MADRID (Reuters) – At least two Iberian lynx cubs were born in the province of Badajoz, becoming the first born in the wild outside Andalusia feline species in greatest danger of extinction in the world for decades, they said the environmental Wednesdays.
Births They are a positive step in the program for reintroduction into the wild Iberian lynx in different parts of Spain and Portugal, which has more than tripled their number in the last 12 years despite deaths abuses road and poisoning.
The Iberian lynx population has been decimated in the last 150 years by agriculture, poaching and abuse.
There are now about 300 copies but still there are real fears that soon will become the first cat to die in nearly 2,000 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
The two puppies, spotted from afar by technicians in charge of the monitoring program in the valley of Matachel, Badajoz, are children of a female released in the area last June, Iberlince, environmentalists by reintroducing said.
“Usually they have between two and three puppies. At the moment they have detected are two,” said a spokeswoman for Iberlince.
Although most of lynx living in the Doñana National Park and the Sierra Morena The program has reintroduced specimens of the species bred in captivity in Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Murcia and Portugal.
Seven lynx died on the roads around the Doñana National Park last year. It also affects the reintroduction of the feline population under rabbits, the main prey of lynx, due to a very infectious virus called RHD.
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