HE Iberian lynx Its situation in Spain is gradually and markedly improving and continues to expand in several autonomous communities. Castilla-La Mancha has an estimated population of 582 specimens of the Iberian lynx, José Luis Escudero, regional councilor for Sustainable Development, counts on 223 puppies born in 2022.
The consultant gave these figures. During the release at the El Borril farmA pair of Iberian lynx, now one year old, born in 2022, located in Polán: a male named ‘Tempo’ from the National Iberian Lynx Reproduction Center in Silves (Portugal) and a female, born Tesla, connected to the Junta de Andalucía Prisoner Breeding Center of La Olivilla (Jaén).
These two lynxes were released at the Montes de Toledo resettlement site last week, and the third will be released in the eastern Sierra Morena resettlement site in the coming weeks. These will be the only copies to be released in 2023 The Ministry of Sustainable Development reported in a press release that it was in Castilla-La Mancha as part of the European program ‘Life Lynx Connect’.
Escudero, “The positive development of the resettlement project made it possible to lay the foundations for the recovery process of the Iberian lynx in the region.”. The head of Sustainable Development evaluated that eight years have passed since the launch of the first Iberian lynxes within the framework of the ‘Life Iberlince’ project, the efforts made in Castilla-La Mancha during this period allowed them to be established. From three areas of stable existence of this threatened cat.
Noting that more than 118 specimens have been released in Castilla-La Mancha since 2014, with the currently released pair of lynxes, Escudero added, in this new phase framed within the ‘Lynx Connect’ project: connecting existing populations, linking them and the struggle to reduce threats to the species.
In this sense, he said: During 2022, 223 cubs of the species were born in the autonomous community107 did so in Montes de Toledo, which “marks a new historic milestone in species conservation,” according to Escudero.
223 puppies born in 2022
It has also shown that monitoring by environmental agents and other technicians allowed (at least) to detect a total of 84 wild litters with them. 223 puppies, 107 in Montes de Toledo, 65 in the eastern Sierra Morena, 47 in the western Sierra Morena and four in the state of Albacete.
Currently total settled 112 regional women: There are 53 people in Montes de Toledo, 37 people in Sierra Morena Oriental, 21 people in Occidental Sierra Morena and one person in the state of Albacete, while the total population in Castilla-La Mancha is 359 people (adults and youth) and 223 people over the age of one. Puppies born in 2022 place the figures at over 582 copies.
In this context, Escudero said:As a regional government, we have adapted to the recovery of a species endemic to our region. He said that they are extinct and we have reached the targets set with the approval of the Iberian Lynx Rehabilitation Plan in 2003 and critical areas for the continuation of the species in the region have been declared as sensitive areas. He also added that it “fulfills the goals set by the different ‘Life’ projects undertaken to save this species: Priorimancha, Iberlince and Life Lynx Connect”.
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