In times when the Eurasian lynx is making a comeback in Europe, to the places where in the history he disappeared from, there is hope that hunters will continue to play a critical role in the conservation and long-term protection of this species. In this episode of Hunter Stories, we share what Slovenian hunters Maks Konečnik, Miha Marolt, Anton Marinčič, and Lado Bradač have to say about the Eurasian lynx – as a hunter. You can watch...
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Lynx Maxs is already exploring his new home. His release was an exceptional experience for many, who are in one way or another involved with the LIFE Lynx project. We prepared a short video of this event. ...
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The International Lynx Day is celebrated on June 11 and is a collaborative initiative of the transboundary 3Lynx project with eleven project partners in five countries. Different public events and online screenings will be organized in Slovenia, Italy, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic to raise awareness for the endangered species – the lynx. A map of all events is available online. We invite you to celebrate this day! LIFE...
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European Natura 2000 Day relates to May 21 1992 when both EU Habitats Directive and LIFE programme were approved. This Directive together with the Birds Directive (adopted in 1979) became a base of EU Natura 2000 Network of protected areas. All three large carnivores, bear, wolf, and lynx are protected within the scope of Natura 2000. Even before the regulation of carnivore protection was enforced, some hunters realized that...
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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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The documentary film “Path of the Lynx”, directed by Gregor Šubica and Seth Wilson, passed the selection of the 12th edition of the Smaragd Eco Movie Festival (SEFF). It has been selected in the competition of 153 films around the world. The film was filmed as part of the LIFE Lynx project and brings discussions with key people from Slovenia, Croatia and Slovakia who participated in the reitroduction of lynx on the Dinaric...
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The town of Senj, in cooperation with the National Park North Velebit, marked the 16th International Mountain Day with a full day program in the village Krasno. At this year’s edition, doc.dr.sc. Magda Sindičić from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb, presented the LIFE Lynx project and related activities in the area of Velebit Mountain. After her lecture titled “The Path of Lynx”, a projection of the LIFE...
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On Friday, November 16th 2018, the National Zoological Garden Bojnice hosted an international conference „Path of the Slovak lynx“. Representatives of governmental and non-governmental institutions participated at the event. Jakub Kubala and Branislav Tám from ZOO Bojnice presented information on the current state of the lynx population in the Slovak Carpathians, international conservation and management of the lynx. Furthermore,...
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Project team is happy that our documentary already took its path through many film festivals in Slovenia. Last week the film was very well accepted by the public at Jamnarkult festival and has won the award for the best film of the festival. This Sunday the film will be shown at “Kon’c avgusta” event in Cerknica. Path of the lynx has also been chosen for competing at the International documentary film festival DOKUDOC in...
Read MorePremiere of the documentary film »Path of the lynx« was held at the Department of Biology, Biotechnical faculty in Ljubljana on June 28th, 2018. Prof. dr. Ivan Kos, head of Animal ecology group delivered welcome speech to more than 50 participants. Afterwards, doc. dr. Tomaž Skrbinšek presented main goals of the LIFE Lynx project and highlighted threats faced by the lynx population in Slovenia. The film was followed by a presentation...
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Croatian premiere of our documentary Path of the Lynx was held in Karlovac on June 20th. We are grateful to City library „Ivan Goran Kovačić“ Karlovac for hosting us in their beautiful amphitheater, and to University of Karlovac for their support in organization of this event. Welcome speeches were delivered by Vedran Slijepčević, coordinator of LIFE Lynx project for University of Karlovac, Vinko Pavlić, president of Hunting...
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