Iberlince project specialists check on 'Obulco', one of the Iberian lynx males to be released in the Guarrizas reintroduction area

This week, Life+Iberlince project specialists performed a check-up and radiolabelled one of the male Iberian lynxes to be released in the coming weeks in the Guarrizas reintroduction area (Jaén), where a total four specimens (two males and two females) are to be released this season.

This is 'Obulco', a mere one-year-old male from the Zarza de Granadilla captive breeding centre (Extremadura). This specimen is the son of the male 'Galen' and the female 'Estela', who gave birth to two cubs in the previous breeding season.

'Obulco' was one of the names chosen through the #BautizaUnLince campaign, through which the project involved citizens in the 'baptism' of seven Iberian lynx specimens that will be released in 2018 in Andalusia’s two reintroduction areas, Gaurrizas (Jaén) and Guadalmellato (Córdoba).