The lynx caught in Romania is soon to be translocated to Croatia. We are waiting for the results for rabies and then the lynx will be ready for transport. Until then we are sharing some recent pictures of the lynx Alojzije! He got his name after the Croatian researcher Alojzije Frković dipl. ing. of forestry. Alojzije was an expert who influenced hunting in Croatia. He was also the main researcher for the lynx population in...
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Last week our project teams visited Posočje region, where we presented our latest project activities and the documentary film Path of the lynx. We organized this public event in collaboration with Triglav National Park regional office in Kobarid. Amongst other things, we invited local community from this region to participate in our project via Local consultative groups which we will establish in northwestern part of Slovenia. Through...
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We are happy to announce that our Camera trapping guidelines are also available in French language Directives pour le piégeage photographique du lynx. A French NGO Observatoire des Carnivores Sauvages, who is working on lynx monitoring and conservation in the Vosges mountains area, translated the guidelines to facilitate their work with lynx. We are glad to share our knowledge and hope, that these guidelines will help researchers,...
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Participation and involvement of young people are crucial in building the coexistence of lynx and humans, and we therefore have a foreseen collaboration with the schools within the Young Lynx Guardians programme within the LIFE Lynx project. On February, 13 2020 we made the first contact with The France Prešeren Kranj high school through a lecture about lynx and large carnivores by Urša Fležar from the Biotechnical Faculty and the...
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Lately, associates from ACDB, partner of the LIFE Lynx project from Romania, are working to relocate three lynx individuals to Dinaric Mountains. It is planned that two lynxes to come to Slovenia and one will go to Croatia to the Paklenica National Park. Before the translocations all necessary veterinary examinations have to confirm that the lynxes are healthy. Slovenian team is preparing everything that is required before the lynxes...
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For the success of the translocation It is crucial that the genes of the translocated lynxes are included in the population. With the help of telemetry data, photo trap photos and genetic analyzes, we confirmed that that this already happened. LIFE Lynx project partners from Biotechnical Faculty captured, radio-collared the kitten and discovered that it is a female. Genetic analysis confirmed that Goru is the kitten’s father. The team...
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The year 2020 started really good for our project. After the last week’s success, when the Romanian team captured their first lynx this year, they did it again. They captured another lynx. It is an adult four to five years old male lynx. Currently both lynxes are in the quarantine in Romania. One will be translocated to Croatia and one to Slovenia. Congratulations to the ACDB team and ROMSILVA on another success and keep up the good...
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On January 14, 2020 we reopened an art exhibition titled »Let’s save the lynx« at the Cultural and Tourist Center Loški Potok, at our second location, in cooperation with the Tourist Association Loški Potok. At the opening, all gathered were welcomed by dr. Ivan Kos, the Head of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection from the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, who spoke about the lynx in Slovenia and...
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Romanian LIFE Lynx team started the new lynx capturing season with a great success. Just after 3 days since the activation of box traps, they captured a lynx. A healthy 5-6 year old male lynx will be the new inhabitant of the quarantine enclosure in Romania and he will stay there for at least 30 days. After that, the lynx will be translocated to Paklenica National Park in Croatia. Congratulations to the ACDB team, Romsilva and also to...
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In the second half of December Slovenia Forest Service LIFE Lynx team visited Slovakian LIFE Lynx partner Technical University Zvolen (TUZ). The purpose of the visit was to start the first lynx capturing season in Slovakia. TUZ already acquired all the necessary permits for the capturing and translocation. The first box trap was repaired and activated in the area of Muranske Mountains. In the area of Vtačnik and Vepor Mountain, the...
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Artworks created as part of the LIFE Lynx project at two art events (an art colony of academic painters in Radovljica and an art workshop for amateur painters in Stari trg near Lož) are now available in digitized form. 28 artworks with a lynx motif will help raise awareness of the importance of lynx conservation and support other LIFE Lynx promotional activities. Artists Brigita Požegar Mulej, Karmen Bajec, Franc Bešter, Barbara...
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