The Life+IBERLINCE project releases five Iberian lynxes in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo

These new specimens will reinforce the areas of reintroduction of the species in Castilla-La Mancha

The project Life+IBERLINCE will release between today and tomorrow five Iberian lynxes in Castilla-La Mancha, four will be released in the area of reintroduction of Sierra Morena Oriental, in the province of Ciudad Real; And one, in Montes de Toledo, in the province of Toledo.

The first reintroductions were yesterday (02/22/2017) on two farms in the municipality of Castellar de Santiago where Nou, a male born in the captive breeding center of Acebuche (Huelva), and Noitibó and Nimeria , Male and female from the captive breeding center of Silves in Portugal.

Nou, who is the son of Gitanilla and Félis, already heads for the Chico Mendes estate, while Noitibó, who is the son of Juromena and Fresco, and Nimeria, whose parents are Artemisa and Foco, tour the Coto Enrique estate, where they have been Released.

Today she has also been released in the Montes de Toledo of the female Nana, sister of Nou, and has been released in the estate Memories in Sales with Peña Aguilera (Toledo).

Its release is the first of this year that takes place in this area of reintroduction of Montes de Toledo, where in the coming weeks will continue releasing new copies.

The release of the fifth copy that is planned to be reintroduced will take place today (23/02/2017) in the public mountain of the Sierra del Viso del Marqués in Ciudad Real, where he will be released to Nival, a male from the breeding center Of Granadilla (Cáceres), son of Jarilla and Gazpacho.

All the releases have taken place in private and public farms that maintain with the Life+IBERLINCE project different collaboration agreements and where the company Fomecam and the organization WWF carry out actions aimed at improving the conditions of the habitat for the field rabbit.

In these farms are carried out programs of reinforcement of populations of rabbit, that is the species of the main one is fed the Iberian lynx.

With the release of these five new specimens, six lynxes will be reintroduced this year in the region, where a total of sixteen specimens are expected to be released.

A little over a week ago, the Nature Lynx, a female with whom the reintroduction program of 2017 was initiated this year, was released in the Sierra Morena Oriental, and according to the Life+IBERLINCE project technicians, it is still close to the area where it was Released and is in good condition.

Since 2014, and taking into account the liberations of yesterday and today, a total of 49 Iberian lynxes have been released in the region since 2014.

The release of these specimens has allowed in recent years to consolidate both the Sierra Morena reintroduction area and the Montes de Toledo as stable nuclei for the conservation of the Iberian lynx.

In fact, in both areas during the past year this species was obtained in the wild, with nineteen pups being born in total, of which five were in the province of Ciudad Real and fourteen in the Montes de Toledo.