Following the trail of specimens released in Castilla La Mancha

The Iberian lynx specimens that were released in the Montes of Toledo, in November 2014, under the Life + Iberlince program, wear necklaces with GPS technology and radio frequency providing data that are daily studied, which provides a more comprehensive knowledge about their movements.

In the particular case of males Kahn and Kentaro, both coming from the breeding center in Captivity of Silves, Portugal, are moving to more remote areas of the liberation area, located in the municipal territory of Mazarambroz.

Kahn, after his release from the pre-adaptation fenced area, started from the first moment their journeys to west, being located in areas belonging to the municipality of Menasalbas and San Pablo de los Montes.

Subsequently, the male specimen of Iberian lynx continued his trip reaching the Tejo’s River near the town of Las Herencias, continuing their way to the southern province of Toledo, arriving at La Jara region.

After a few days, Kahn came in Cáceres province. Those responsible for the Life + Iberlince program in Extremadura were informed of these movements, and they have continued to monitoring the animal in its movements by the Extremadura community, where he currently is.

The Collaboration among members of the Life + Iberlince program is close and constant, allowing us to coordinated work to get the best results in all reintroduction project actions, including control and monitoring of released specimens.

The distance covered by this male exceeds 185 km in relation to the release area in the province of Toledo.

Meanwhile, Kentaro spent more time in the immediate area of release. However, as his neighbor, began a series of dispersive movements and gradually moved away from this place.

The direction chosen in this case was the north, later if direct northeast. For a few days, the male remained in the vicinity of the city of Toledo, and then went on his way parallel to the course of the Tejo’s River, although at a distance this channel.

It was through this itinerary that the male passed by the community of Madrid. However he did not adapt to the area and continued his trip by castellano manchegas lands, though very close to the Madrid community. In this case, the distance traveled by Kentaro from the release area is more than 100 km.

These movements confirm the great movement ability that Lynx have, being able to travel more than 25 km in one day.

Thanks to timely information obtained from GPS collars, the technicians of Life + Iberlince project, together with environmental agents, daily control the movements of the specimens.

It should be noted the work and the great contribution of environmental agents, allowing that monitoring Lynx be done with great precision and continuity.