The last lynx that was translocated in 2020 was named after a legendary Slovenian hunter Maks Konečnik. After spending 20 days in a quarantine enclosure in Snežnik, Maks was released into nature at the end of June. We are monitoring his movements with a telemetry collar and for now he still didn’t establish his own territory. After the release he was moving in the Javorniki area on the territory of lynx Doru. After a few months...
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My name is Špela Čonč and I am a research assistant at the Anton Melik Geographical Institute and a doctoral student at the Biotechnical Faculty in the field of Biosciences – Protection of Natural Heritage. I am preparing a doctoral dissertation under the mentorship of dr. Miha Krofel and co-mentor dr. Mateja Breg Valjavec on the topic of GIS modelling of lynx movement depending on the relief features. Since I will need as much...
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St. Nicholas brought the best present for our project team. On December 6, 2020, colleagues from Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, successfully collared one of the two kittens of Slovenian resident female lynx Teja and (most likely) translocated male lynx Goru. However, we have to wait for genetic analysis to confirm Goru is the father. The male kitten was thoroughly measured and has almost 11 kg, which is about average...
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Among all known resident lynx in Slovenia, the story of Mihec is one of the most exceptional ones. He was named more than a decade ago, when researchers captured and collared him as an adolescent lynx. They were following him for a year until his independence. In 2020, the Slovenian LIFE Lynx project team was up for a surprise when they discovered that a lynx they captured was Mihec. The data from his new collar shows us also the size...
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Despite the peculiar times, the team of ACDB, Romanian partner in the LIFE Lynx project, doesn’t rest. With already three areas for lynx capturing established in cooperation with Romsilva and Natural Park Putna – Vrancea, they added another area in November 2020. Two box traps are set in the area of Tarcău Mountains, where hunters of Romsilva helped with the micro locations and setting of the traps. Altogether 10 box traps...
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In 2020, we started distributing equipment for protection of grazing animals from large carnivores within the LIFE Lynx project. The aim of helping farmers is to protect grazing animals from possible attacks in the area where large carnivores are present. In this regard, the lynx is not causing problems, as it is extremely rarely preys on pastures. This year, we distributed five kits of equipment needed to set up enclosures of high...
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Next year will be very important for the LIFE Lynx project, because we plan to translocate first lynxes to the Alpine area in Slovenia. By releasing five animals into this intermediate unoccupied habitat at the junction of SE Alps and the northernmost edge of Dinaric Mountains, we want to create an effective population “stepping stone” between the Dinaric and Alpine lynx sub-populations and thus enable long-term lynx conservation in...
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The Triglav National Park is the only Slovenian national park and is one of the oldest European parks. The first protection dates back to 1924 when the Alpine Conservation Park was founded, and in the year 1981, when the law on Triglav National Park defined the park’s present borders. It is a unique area of protected nature in the Alps, whose priority objectives are conservation of ecosystems and natural processes, natural...
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Our photo traps set across Mala Gora hills have photographed lynx Teja with her new offspring. This year she has not one, but two kittens. We do not yet have genetic evidence of the fatherhood, but based on the movement data of Teja and translocated lynx Goru in the mating season it is highly likely that Goru is the father also of this year’s litter. Goru and Teja share their territories for the second year. Their movement data from...
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LIFE Lynx project partners held their 8th steering group meeting. Next year will be an important one for LIFE Lynx, because the first lynxes will be translocated to Gorenjska in Slovenia, where there are no territorial lynxes currently present. Plans had to be prepared to ensure that the translocations will go as smooth as possible, especially because of the coronavirus situation. In the fourth year of the project, the team already...
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Bears are very effective scavengers, and Eurasian lynx rarely stand a chance when they come to usurp prey remains from them. Let alone, when they are outnumbered one to five as in this case. You can read more about bears’ interactions with lynx in a scientific article by Miha Krofel and Klemen Jerina from Biotechnical Faculty Mind the cat: Conservation management of a protected dominant scavenger indirectly affects an...
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