What affects us affects cats
Vicariously, Ikea has been accused of illegal logging of forests in Ukraine where Eurasion lynx live. This harms the conservation prospects of this precious species of medium-sized wild cat. Ikea is investigating claims that some of it wood suppliers are illegally cutting down trees such as beech trees from old growth forests. Beech is …
This is an excellent camera trap photograph of one the world’s rarest species of wild cat: the Balkan lynx.
Do wolves kill lynx? Yes. An alternative question would be ‘Can a lynx kill a wolf’ or ‘Where the lynx and wolf are sympatric (share the same landscape) which animal pushes the other out and dominates?’ In this instance we are referring to the Eurasian lynx, the largest of four lynx species: Canada lynx, …
This is one of those debatable questions because as there are no records of lynx killing humans we have to speculate and theorise, which lends itself to debate and argument. The operative word is ‘can’. THEORETICALLY a Eurasian lynx or even the smaller bobcat and Canada or Iberian lynx could kill a healthy adult …
We are not told what species of cat this is so I’ll speculate. I believe that this large wild cat is a Eurasian lynx. If I’m correct then the video was probably made in Russia. It is also likely that the cat has been raised from newborn or as a kitten. This has completely …
Location People search for ‘Northern Lynx Facts’. Here they are! The page is accordingly deliberately short. The scientific name is Lynx lynx. This medium sized wildcat is also known as the Eurasian lynx and was originally called that but since the species is found across northern Asia, from Norway to Mongolia, it was decided …
“For the lynx, the construction of the razor-wire fence may just be the last push for the population…” so says John Linnell and co-authors of a study1 into the effects of building fences hundreds of miles long to block migrants from walking across country borders from Greece all the way to Germany. It an …
We are nearing the time when the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx to the British Isles becomes a reality and I for one am thrilled about it. Eurasian lynx could soon be prowling Britain’s countryside. When it happens it will be the first time in 1,300 years that lynx have lived in Britain. Plans …
