A Michael Broad Blog
A Leap into the Wild In a landmark moment for animal conservation, a young Eurasian lynx born at Newquay Zoo, Cornwall, is set to make history as the first UK zoo-born member of her species to be reintroduced into the wild. The 9-month-old female has already been relocated to Germany’s Black Forest, where she …
Personally, I like the idea of reintroducing the lynx into Scotland (I would 😎😻). The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) was part of Scotland’s wildlife until it was driven to extinction around 1,000 to 1,500 years ago. The main causes of its disappearance were deforestation, which reduced its forested habitat, and overhunting, both of the …
Being an animal advocate this story makes me smile (Chapo is smiling too 😉) and we have to praise the authorities for realising that Capo was better off in the wild. He had told them so in his continual attempts to break free of a captive life. Zoo frees the lynx they couldn’t cage …
Members of the wild cat lynx lineage, the bobcat, Canada lynx, Iberian lynx (the rarest of the lynx family and one of the rarest of all cat species) and Eurasian lynx (the largest of the lynx family) all have very short tails. We have to recognise the fact that every part of a cat’s …
Sources: Wild Cats of the World by the Sunquists. Specifically:
This wonderful photograph of a Canada lynx padding its way through snow amply illustrates the enormous paws of this medium-sized wild cat weighing approximately 8-11 kg. It is a wild cat species which closely resembles the bobcat but the paws of the bobcat are much smaller because it has not evolved to live in …
Lynx feet are amazing; so large compared to other wild cats of the same size. Disproportionately large. I saw a nice photo which illustrates this necessary evolutionary feature and used it to create the infographic below. The information comes from Wild Cats of the World. Below the infographic are links to some more articles …
An awful lot has been done to bring back the Iberian lynx from near extinction but it might all be undone because of global warming and years of agricultural overexploitation which have combined to lead the largest permanent lake in Doñana National Park to dry up. It is one of Europe’s most important wetlands. …
