Posts Tagged "A.3 Status of Residual Lynx"

Lynx caught on camera traps on Kremen mountain

Posted - Dec 5, 2018

We are happy to announce the photos of two adult lynxes and a cub from Kremen mountain (Croatia)! This confirmed the lynx presence in that area for the first time. Again, it wouldn’t be possible without the good cooperation with hunters who showed us the right locations for setting up camera...

Genetic analysis of lynx samples

Posted - Nov 15, 2018

Coworkers in the field have collected many noninvasive genetic samples – scats, hair, urine in the snow, saliva from prey animals. In our genetic bank we also archive tissue samples from dead animals and buccal swab samples taken from collared animals. All these samples are in final stages of analysis. Sampling in the field still continues.

Hair traps

Posted - Nov 14, 2018

Within the project we designed special hair traps, so that we could collect more genetic material of lynx. We prepared instructions on how to install hair traps and how to collect genetic material – hair. Hair trap is made of two parts: active coil spring and passive hair pad. A dedicated sampling kit was designed for each and prepared in Slovenian, Croatian and Italian language.  ...

Six-month report on camera trapping in Croatia

Posted - Oct 10, 2018

The monitoring of the lynx population with camera traps in Croatia and Slovenia is carried out within the A.3 action “Pre-reinforcement Survey of the Potential Release Sites and the Genetic and Demographic Status of Residual Lynx”. The Croatian project team from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences and the Association BIOM, set a large network of camera traps in the lynx distribution...

First lynx photos
from Slovenian
camera traps

Posted - Sep 26, 2018

We received first photos from camera traps that we set in Slovenian forests.  In august we started with intensive monitoring, and until now we have set almost 100 cameras. Hopefully we will get many more pictures or videos as good as these first ones from Kočevska region. https://www.lifelynx.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Kočevsko__00001-1.mp4  ...

Bear Željko caught on camera trap

Posted - Sep 17, 2018

Camera traps of LIFE Lynx project set in Croatia, near town Slunj, have captured a bear with radiotelemetry collar. Scientists working on LIFE DINALP BEAR project have confirmed that this bear is monitored as a part of their projected. The bear was captured in National park Plitvice lakes on May 4th 2017, it was filmed on July 14th, but since August 17th the collar stopped working. During this period, the bear was active on a...

LIFE Lynx volunteer training

Posted - Feb 28, 2018

On the 26th of February, LIFE Lynx team from Croatia held a training course for volunteers interested in getting involved in the project. The event took place on the Faculty of Veterinary medicine in Zagreb. The training was based on presenting the guidelines for sampling noninvasive lynx material and the introduction to proper use of camera traps, which are both important instruments for obtaining information about the current...

Snow tracking a female lynx with two kittens

Posted - Feb 2, 2018

In December 2017 team from Forestry Department of Biotechnical Faculty in Ljubljana spent two days snow-tracking lynx on Snežnik plateau in Southern Slovenia. We were lucky enough to find tracks of a female lynx with two kittens. This female is one of the last in Slovenia that is still reproducing successfully. We followed them for several kilometers through the wild Dinaric forests in the shadow of Mount Snežnik and collected several...

Lynx genetic sampling guidelines

Posted - Jan 26, 2018

Genetic samples of lynx are critical for projects success, especially the ones collected in the field without direct contact with the animal (noninvasive genetic samples). They will allow us to survey the baseline status of Dinaric lynx, track the effects of population augmentation and evaluate its success, and provide tools for long-term population monitoring. However, for these samples to be useful, they need to be collected and...

Lynx camera
trapping guidelines

Posted - Jan 10, 2018

In LIFE Lynx project, camera trapping will serve as one of the main tolls for selecting suitable lynx release areas and later for monitoring of success of lynx population reinforcement. We prepared Lynx camera trapping guidelines, which will assist researchers, wildlife managers, hunters and other volunteers in their fieldwork with camera traps. Detailed descriptions are accompanied with many illustrations to make the document easier...