‘Greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved’: Iberian Lynx is no longer on brink of extinction
There’s good news for wildlife as one of Europe’s key carnivores bounces back from “near extinction”. Until recently, the Iberian lynx had been on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) endangered list. The population of the medium-sized wildcat, endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe, had been declining because of overhunting, poaching and loss of suitable habitats. Their main prey, the European rabbit, is also becoming more scarce due to diseases like myxomatosis. Now, however, the IUCN has downgraded the status of the Iberian lynx after conservation effor...