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Iberian Pact for the Lynx signed in Seville
By m.p. - Nov 5, 2007 - 7:51 PM
ALSO SEE : • Phantom pregnancy for Iberian Lynx in Jerez Zoo - Apr 24, 2008 - 7:42 AM
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The Iberian Lynx. Archive photo – EFE.
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New breeding centres for the threatened species are to be established in Portugal and Spain
New captive breeding centres for the endangered Iberian Lynx are to be established under the ‘Iberian pact for the lynx,’ an agreement signed in Seville on Monday, between the Environment Ministries of Spain and Portugal, and representatives of the regional governments in Andalucía, Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha.

Andalucía, the only habitat where the threatened species is found today in any significant numbers, has been until now the only autonomous community with its own captive breeding programme.

Speaking in Seville, Spain’s Environment Minister, Cristina Narbona, gave some figures for the number of lynx born in the wild so far this year: 30 lynx kittens in the Sierra Morena, in Jaén and Córdoba provinces, and another 14 born in the wild in Doñana, in the West of Andalucía.

Another 11 of the 19 lynx kittens born in captivity this year have survived.


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ALSO SEE :
• Phantom pregnancy for Iberian Lynx in Jerez Zoo - Apr 24, 2008 - 7:42 AM
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