An adult male lynx captured in Romania was released on March 24 2023 in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. This is the sixth lynx that was translocated from the Carpathians to Croatia as part of the LIFE Lynx project in order to increase the genetic diversity of our population and stop its extinction, while ten animals have been released in Slovenia so far. Tomislav Kovačević, general manager of Plitvice Lakes National Park, said on...
Read MoreWe already started with last season of lynx capturing in the Carpathians, and this year preparations in Romania began early. In October, the team began repairing the box traps already placed in the field and looking for new possible locations, in case some of the box-traps need to be relocated. Opportunistic camera-trap monitoring will continue this year too, with cameras being set at the box-traps as well as some key locations where...
Read MoreIn May, lynx Blisk was released in Slovenia’s forests of Snežnik. It was one of the fastest releases, as Blisk rapidly left the quarantine enclosure, where he was adapting to his new environment. The head of the LIFE Programme, Mr. Angelo Salsi witnessed the release and he escorted the lynx with these words: “Protecting the environment today is the best investment you can do in terms of ensuring the right legacy for your kids.” Our...
Read MoreSnežnik forests are richer for a new lynx, lynx Blisk is the tenth lynx released in Slovenia in the scope of the LIFE Lynx project. Blisk, was brought from Romania in April and placed in an quarantine enclosure in the Snežnik area. During the adaptation period, he was cared for by hunters from the State Managed Hunting Ground Jelen, together with the veterinarian and members of the LIFE Lynx project team. The use of adaptation...
Read MoreHere it is – the third lynx named by the children! The male lynx waiting for release in the Snežnik enclosure was named by the pupils of the Dragotin Kette Primary School in Ilirska Bistrica in cooperation with the Large Carnivores Centre DINA Pivka. Because the lynx jumps onto its prey, as quick as lightning, they named him Blisk (in Eng. lightning). There were several suggestions for the name though… The DINA Pivka...
Read MoreLast week, a lynx, temporarily “named” RO11, arrived from the Romanian Carpathian Mountains to Slovenia’s Snežník forests. He will stay there until mid- May when he will be released into nature, with a new name, that will be chosen for him by DINA Pivka Large Carnivore Information Center and local schoolchildren. Students from the Dragotina Ketteja Primary School in Ilirska Bistrica were asked to help with the name...
Read MoreToday, the Snežnik quarantine enclosure received a new temporary »tenant” – an adult male lynx, who has travelled from the Romanian Carpathians. The lynx does not have a name yet; this time it will be chosen in cooperation with the DINA Pivka Centre. More information on the selection will follow soon. While the lynx is adjusting to his new environment, local hunters from State Managed Hunting Ground Jelen will take care of...
Read More‘’Trap has triggered’’ – a signal we have all been waiting for, even though it does not always stand for a successful capture. Since the box traps have been activated in Romania, the team received this signal several times, but the wind, a wildcat, and two lynxes that were able to trick the door closing mechanism, have prolonged our waiting. We understood that this is part of the process and, because we saw them on our camera traps,...
Read MoreIn September project team members form ACDB and Slovenia Forest Service started with the preparatory work for the upcoming lynx capture season in Romania. “During one week of intensive field work we carried out inspections of the already established lynx capture sites and managed to setup one new box trap. On the locations where box traps were set up in previous seasons, we had to renew the barriers around the traps that make it...
Read MoreThe Romania National Forest association – Romsilva is an official collaborator of the European project LIFE Lynx, coordinated by the Slovenia Forest Service, through which several lynxes from Romania will be captured and relocated in the Dinaric and Southern Eastern Alps to save lynx population in this area. At the headquarters of the National Forest Regia – Romsilva in Bucharest a working meeting took place on Thursday,...
Read MoreTris – the largest measured lynx in Slovenia, Julija, and Lenka are now exploring their new home. Our cameras captured their release into the wild and we share it with you. Peter Prevc, LIFE Lynx project ambassador correctly assumes that lynx can jump very far. How far do you think a lynx can jump?...
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