At the 11th International Fair of Hunting and Fishing, held between April 12th and 14th in Gornja Radgona, LIFE Lynx project was presented by the Hunting Association of Slovenia as one of the partners of the project. Visitors of the fair were acquainted with the information on the LIFE Lynx project and the process of moving lynxes Goru and Doru from Romania into Slovenia and Croatia. We presented ecology, biology, the history of the...
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Today Slovenian hunters from Loški Potok released a lynx named Goru into the wild. Goru was transferred from Romania to Slovenia on April 26th and was placed in an enclosure in Loški Potok, where he adjusted to his new environment, a procedure known as a soft release. During the adjustment, he was cared for by local hunters from Loški Potok hunting club, a veterinarian and Slovenian LIFE Lynx project team members. This soft release...
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Lynx Goru arrived in Slovenia on April 26th and is currently adjusting to his new environment in quarantine enclosure in Loški Potok. He is taken care of by local hunters, veterinary and Slovenian LIFE Lynx project team. With this method of release ( so called “soft release”) we will reduce the chances that lynx will move away from the release site after the period spent in the release enclosure and allow lynx to become...
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Lynx Goru arrived today to his quarantine enclosure in Slovenia. This is the first lynx to save the Dinaric- SE alpine lynx population from extinction. The transport of the lynx was done by an experienced team for live animal transfer from ZOO Ljubljana and Slovenia Forest Service team members. The trip went without any trouble, and the lynx is now already settled in his temporary home in Loški Potok. During the quarantine, local...
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We got the results from the laboratories and we are happy to say that Goru and Doru tested negative for parvovirosis! The test was repeated on three samples from each lynx. We can now be sure that Doru in not shedding the virus anymore and that he is ready for transport to Croatia! Goru luckily did not catch the disease, which means he can safely travel to Slovenia. In the next few days, we will organize the transport for both lynxes,...
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Sharing information between institutions and projects is important for successful implementation of any project. In the past week we hosted different projects and employees from various institutions from Germany, Romania, Czech Republic and Spain. The purpose of the visit was to show our work on large carnivores and coexistance solutions that we have implemented in different projects. LIFE Lynx, LIFE DINALP BEAR, 3Lynx and Wolf...
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On Friday, April 19th, our project team from Department of Biology (UL) successfully captured an adult female lynx from remnant Dinaric population in Slovenia. The female, named Teja, was equipped with GPS radio collar in a mountain area Mala gora, where she had been previously recorded on photo trap about month ago. In the coming year, we will be able to closely monitor the female’s movement by which she will also reveal whether she...
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The Slovenian LIFE lynx team in cooperation with representatives from the Loški Potok hunting family, presented the initial LIFE Lynx project activities on the television show, Dober pogled. The show highlighted activities that were needed before the arrival of the first lynx in Slovenia. The educational (TV) show Dober pogled airs nine times yearly under the auspices of the Hunting Association of Slovenia with the aim of presenting...
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Slovenian LIFE Lynx team is getting ready for arrival of the first lynx. Before the release in to the nature, the lynx will spend about three weeks in an enclosure in the area of Loški Potok. For successful and safe lynx accommodation in his temporary home, members of the project team cooperated with local hunters. The enclosure is located deep in the forest, allowing Goru to adapt to our nature. For safety reasons, Goru will be under...
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It’s been almost a month since we captured our first lynx for translocation and two weeks later the second one. We couldn’t have wished for a better outcome than this; having two lynx released in Slovenia and Croatia this spring. Whole group has been occupied with activities regarding the reinforcement process and arranging a safe transfer of both lynxes to Slovenia and Croatia. Goru will be the first one to arrive and he is...
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Once a year LIFE Lynx project team is set to assess its project impacts on local economy, local communities and ecosystems services. The assessment is done through analysing and clearly presenting predefined project indicators. Results of the first such assessment are presented in a report while the most interesting figures are summarized in an infographics shown below. Click to enlarge the graphic....
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