In the beginning of December, LIFE Lynx project team joined the LIFE WolfAlps project’s congress for hunters in Sorica. There we presented some general information about the project and the latest activities regarding lynx monitoring in the Gorenjska region. The event was organized for hunters who participate in roe deer capturing and radio-collaring activity, which is part of the predator-prey-hunter study, implemented in this...
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On invitation of a local hunting association, Progetto Lince Italia presented lynx conservation needs of Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population, to hunting grounds of northeastern Belluno province. 24 people were present, including 2 gamekeepers and 8 presidents of the hunting grounds of the Comelico area. The present status of the reinforcement was presented as well as the active role of the Slovenian hunters in the whole process....
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Members of the LIFE Lynx project team know that raising awareness of children about the lynx endangerment is very important for its long-term conservation. For this purpose, in July and August, we presented lynx to children as part of hunting camps in the Associations of Hunting Families from Brkinsko-Kraško area and Savinjsko-Kozjansko area. The children learned about the biology, ecology and endangerment of the lynx, the LIFE Lynx...
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In July 2021, Slovenia Forest Service organized a series of educational seminars on the topic of large carnivore monitoring in Slovenia for hunters and foresters working at Slovenia Forest Service regional units and State managed hunting grounds. At three events, organized in Kočevje, Mašun and Bled, more than 120 participants learned about the latest results of wolf and lynx monitoring. Rok Černe, LIFE Lynx project coordinator...
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Today Triglav National Park got three new inhabitants, the Eurasian lynxes. Lenka and Julija came from Slovakia, and Tris from Romania, all with a mission to save the Dinaric-SE Alpine lynx population from extinction. The names of two lynxes are tightly connected to Triglav National Park. Lynx Tris was named as a combination of the names Triglav (the highest Slovenian mountain) and lynx (in Slovenian “ris”) and lynx Julija, got her...
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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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Networking and collaboration with other projects are one of the key factors for the successful implementation of the LIFE Lynx project. In cooperation with the project LIFE NATURAVIVA, in which the Triglav National Park is involved as a project partner, we held a lecture about the LIFE Lynx project and screened the documentary film »Path of Lynx«. Twenty-five participants attended the lecture held in Triglav National Park Center in...
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The Hunters Association of Slovenia, in cooperation with the University of Ljubljana and the Slovenian Forest Service, prepared lectures for hunters in the area of Regional Association of Hunting Clubs Gorenjska and Postojnsko-Bistriška Regional Association of Hunting Clubs. There were 21 participants present in Naklo and 19 in Pivka. We presented the biology and ecology of lynx, the reasons for their endangerment, the LIFE Lynx...
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Postojnsko-Bistriška Regional Association of Hunting Clubs organized two hunting camps for children in the Notranjska region in September. Hunting Association of Slovenia was invited to presented the LIFE Lynx project to the participants of the camps. For the sixth consecutive year a camps for primary school children were organized in this region. This year’s three-day camp, held by the Hunting club Pivka and two-day camp, held...
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On Tuesday, 16. April 2019, 130 gamekeepers attended an educational seminar, organised by the Hunters Association of Slovenia in Celje. We presented LIFE Lynx project, ecology, biology, the history of the lynx population in Slovenia, the condition of the Dinaric-Southeasteren lynx population nowadays and monitoring methods. To effectively detect and prevent the illegal killing of wildlife, it is essential to educate and cooperate with...
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Today in the Zlatorog Gallery, at the Hunters Association of Slovenia, a press conference about preventing the illegal killing of lynx and other wildlife was held. For the successful implementation of the LIFE Lynx project and the preservation of the endangered lynx population in the area of Slovenia and Croatia, translocation of a new lynx from the Carpathians as well as prevention, reduction, supervision and sanctioning of illegal...
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