Last week another two lynxes arrived from Romania to Gorenjska (Slovenia). Lynx couple Zois and Aida are now adjusting to their new environment in quarantine enclosure on Jelovica plateau. Reactions of local hunters, the Major of Bohinj and LIFE Lynx project coordinator were captured on camera and we share them with you in this video...
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Two new lynxes – female Aida and male Zois arrived from Romania to Gorenjska this Saturday, April 17. 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 lynxes are now already settled in their temporary home on Jelovica plateau, from where they will be release into nature. While the lynxes are...
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Slovenian hunters voted for naming the Romanian lynx that is coming to Gorenjska (Slovenia). More than 500 participants choose their favorites from five names: Boris I., Maršal, Noris, Roman and Zois, proposed by local hunting clubs from Gorenjska. The results of the voting were very tight, with about one third of the votes, the name Zois won the contest. The name was given after Sigmund Zois, an 18th century Slovenian nobleman and...
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Next important step in the LIFE Lynx project is to improve population connectivity for lynx by increasing the chances of natural gene flow inside the population and improving chances of connecting Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population to other populations in the Alps. For that purpose it is important to bring back the lynx in the SE Alps and create a population “stepping stone” to generate a new population nucleus further west of the...
Read MoreChoosing a name for a lynx can be a complex process. Romanian team had the opportunity to name the first female lynx captured in the scope of the LIFE Lynx project and here is how they chose it. Teodora Sin from ACDB “Choosing the name was not easy, as we all came up with different ideas and we were not willing to give them up easily. Our team members suggested different names as Carpathina, Feleena, Victoria, Dava, Néa, and...
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In the past two weeks, the pupils of the School community Julian Alps Biosphere Reserve have suggested names for the first lynx translocated to Gorenjska region, and now we have a winner. The lynx got its name – Tris and a new home in Pokljuka! Thank you to all the pupils who proposed names and voted and to the School Community to help with this process! During this time, lynx Tris also received a passport with his name and...
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2021 is an amazing lynx-capturing year for our project. After three lynx, already captured for translocation, both teams from Romanian and Slovakian have been successful again in the beginning of March. First, the team in Romania captured another male lynx, than just a few days later Slovakian team announced that they got a female lynx. All together we have five lynx (three males and two females) captured for translocation to...
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After ten male lynx captured in Romania and Slovakia together, our team has finally captured the first female. She was captured on February 13, in the evening, and after thorough examination the team discovered that she is in great physical condition, about two years old, and weights a bit more than 16 kg. The ACDB capture team, with the help of hunter from Romsilva, transferred the lynx to the quarantine enclosure in Romania, where...
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The first three weeks of 2021 were exciting for the Romanian LIFE Lynx team. In addition to checking more than 40 cameras, already placed for lynx monitoring in three study areas, the team started activating the lynx box traps and within a week from activation, two lynxes were captured. The first one was about 5 years old male lynx that was captured on January 22. The lynx was thoroughly examined and all necessary veterinary tests...
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Within the LIFE Lynx project, we translocated a total of seven lynx, all males, to Slovenia and Croatia. Out of five lynxes released this year, at least three have already established their territory. GORU After last year’s release in Loški potok, Goru established his territory in Mala gora area in the Kočevje region. He is still roaming this area today. He shares his territory with resident female lynx Teja, who had...
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Our second capturing & translocation season is behind us and we can proudly say it was very successful. A total of seven lynxes were translocated from Carpathian mountains to the Dinarics, all of them males. Five lynxes came from Romania – in 2019 Doru and Goru, in 2020 – Alojzije, Catalin, and Boris, while this year we also translocated the first two animals from Slovakia – Pino and Maks. Doru, Alojzije, and Pino were released in...
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