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As a Spanish, I hope the Iberian Lynx also jumps back from its endangered situation. Thanks for this video!

I'm 50 years old and have loved the outdoors my whole life. Yet I've only been able to catch a short glimpse of this magnificent animal once and that was close to my home in Sweden, I really hope that the efforts of preserving them succeeds - nature needs variety and respect.

Lynxes recently started moving back into Hungary in the north. When I was hiking in the mountains, one snuck up behind me while I was heading into a shelter for the night. It was like 5 meters or so away, and I think it was only curious. It just ran away when I looked and spoke at it. I felt scared but kind of blessed too. Hope more of them come!

It would be nice if they were easier to spot but the fact they are so elusive also makes their presence and comeback more exciting and mysterious. The video was really informative, well done!

Skipped one of the best ones: In Slovenia they were considered extinct, but someone who had a couple in care gave them up in terms for reintroduction and now they are so abundant, they are slowly moving to Italy and Austria as well.

We saw a Eurasian Lynx in broad daylight in Suffolk, England in July 1988. It sauntered out into the middle of a countryside road, ahead of us, sat down for about 20 seconds, and then slowly ambled off into the heathlands. One of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my life. I would love to know if he/ she was alone in the wild.

As a Canadian woodsman, trained and experienced in both geology and forestry, I spent 14 years in the north of my country and never even saw a lynx. That's how reclusive they are. No doubt they were around me, I was in their habitat, but I never saw one. I would venture to say that they are of no danger to humans as widely spread as lynx are. Their populations rise and fall with the populations of snowshoe hares, which they are aptly equipped to catch. It's encouraging to see that Europe is reintroducing its wildlife, and planting forests, perhaps there is hope for the planet yet.

One pet that is definitely on the lynx's menu is the domestic cat. This also means that lynxes are very efficient in reducing the numbers of feral cat populations.

"Fluffy terminators" tickled me. Great and insightful video, Tom!

A couple of years ago, I was cycling early one morning in the Sierra Espuna in SW Spain. A deserted mountain road, I had stopped to look at the view from the highest point, turned round , and a magnificent lynx was standing about 10 metres behind me! After a couple of minutes, it wandered off into the forest quite calmly, a lifetime experience! Roger in Spain 75

My parents own a house in the mountains in northern Sweden. We actually had the strangest thing happen where a lynx climbed onto one of the balconies. There were large paw prints in the snow and a lot of claw marks on one of the pillars supporting the balcony. We never saw the animal but we concluded that it must have been a lynx due the size of the prints and its climbing skills. I had always been told that they were extremely shy and reclusive and that seeing one was very rare. You can imagine how surprised we were

Lynx are indeed numerous in Slovakia. They are usually very skittish, except when they're in heat. I was fortunate enough to see a pair from a bus on the way home. The bus driver stopped for a good minute. They were prancing around right by the side of the road, completely oblivious to everything else.

Living in the German Hunrück region, we have a lynx here now as well, since about two years. It apparently migrated here by itself. Hunters found tracks and faeces, and the local forester set up trail cameras, which captured some pictures.

What an amazing creature. The Balkan Lynxs went almost extinct in my country Albania but recently we've seen a few thanks to the camera traps.

The Eurasian Lynx is one hell of an impressive animal, it's crazy to think how they were almost gone for good. Glad we got to use all of that camera trap footage from the Carpathians too, especially that night footage of a Lynx following the scent of a hare!

The Lynx has been my favourite large wildcat since I first learned about it at the age of 7. To see it spread over Europe makes me indescribably happy

I saw one in the Belgian Eifel region once. I was riding my mountainbike and spotted it at around 20 metres from me in the forest. This was like 8 years ago and not many people believed me, but more and more evidence of their return has emerged in recent years. So that's pretty awesome.

As someone living in eastern Finland with lots of lynx in here, I can say that attacks on pets aren't rare - barn cats get picked off all the time, especially in winter when the lynx are hungry. People just don't bother filing such cases I guess, as everyone knows it's a risk you take when you let your cat loose here.

Saw one once not too far away from where i live. (In Estonia) It was a beautiful creature. One of my favorite animals.

When i was around 10-12 years old (around 2006) i saw a Balkan Lynx near Krusevac (Serbia) where Mojsinje mountains start. I will never forget what i saw that day. A huge cat with those distinct ears. For years i was looking if there were recorded encounters in these parts but never saw anything about it until last year. Around 30Km on the other side of this city there is Jastrebac mountain and one was spotted there. I will forever cherish this memory

It is believed that in Macedonia there are from 35 to 40 remaining Balkan lynx, mostly found in Mavrovo National Park.

I live in Greece, where unfortunately we lost all of our lynx population back in the mid 90s. We know that they occasionally cross the border into our country, but we have no self sustainable population any more. Are there any plans of re-introducing the lynx in Greece?

Spread the awareness and love for the fluffy terminators. Always such a joy to see their footsteps in the snow… just knowing they are there, even if I’ve never seen one in the wild.

Love seeing bobcats (a smaller lynx species) here in the Northeastern US, they’re fairly common, it would be a treat to see a Lynx the next time I’m in Europe. They’d fit right in amongst the thick forests of Kerry in Ireland or in the Scottish Highlands.

Just as I watched a finnish border guard released night vision video of a Lynx mother protecting her two kittens from a wolf. She literally runs into and tackles the wolf. Also amazing to see three lynx in one spot as the mother takes her kittens and they continue on their way.

It is nothing short of inspirational to think that these beautiful animals are increasing in both numbers and range.

I'm from Finland. I have seen their paw traces many times. I love these animals.

Lynx are on my bucket list for an animal I want to someday see in England, I genuinely believe we can co exist with them given the public is educated! Great video!

The Eurasian Lynx is a beautiful animal. Here in California, we have the bobcat (Lynx Rufus), which is smaller and not as spectacular as the Eurasian species (basically, it's a housecat on steroids). Good luck bringing this magnificent cat back to Europe!

As a consultant ecologist in Scotland I CANT WAIT for these to be introduced. The beaver was super exciting and the lynx will be next level! Especially due to our problems with deer over population. It'll be exciting to see how the reintroduction of these two keystone species in combination, impacts our ecology. If successful of course, they aren't beavers!

I will never forget seeing one of those on my grandpa's farm. Really beautiful creatures

Great to see more exposure on this elusive species. There’s serious discussion on reintroductions in Scotland. It’s good to see different stakeholders engage in the topic, even if it’s not gonna happen in the near future.

Such beautiful animals! I had the luck to see one once in my home area, the Palatinate forest where they are also being reintroduced sind many years. I believe around 20 have been released there over the last few years and about 18 new ones were already born :) I think they stopped the project because it was so expensive, but maybe it was enough of a kickstart to permanentely reintroduce them to the region

Greetings from Finland. There are supposedly ~2100 lynxes around here. I've only seen one wild lynx down the road during a bus drive. At first I thought it might be a large dog, but those ears were a dead giveaway.

Last year I saw Lynxes two times in Beskid Niski mountain range in Poland, after three days of alone trekking across mountains, this one of wildest place in Poland.

Where I used to live, I had a lynx befriending my two kittens. She would leave dead mice outside, once I found five of them stacked together and a whole bunch of lynx tracks all around, as well as tracks from my kittens(who had a cat flap). Once one of my kittens were meowing and staring out to the fields, I caught her when I was out having a leak on a tree, and sure enough on the other side of the fields I saw a lynx lurking and watching us. It made me realise how perseptive my kitten was, since the lynx was a good 100-200 meters away. I assumed the lynx was either friendly, or it was all a coincidence, but I have to admit I still kept a better watch on my kittens from then on.

I once got extremely lucky to see a Canadian Lynx up close in one of the parks in my city, we had quite a bit of fires that year and they got pushed closer to city parks. It was sleeping in some bush growth by part of the river bed. So many were taking photos of it

They have also moved back to Hungary in recent years from the Carpathians and now have a small population in the northern mountains (along with wolves which have also been missing until relatively recently).

As a Croat, Im happy you mentiond us as we litrally have a nature reserve called ,,Risnjak" (Lynx-er, is the best translation I can give you) in the Velebit mountains, which you horrobly misprounanced ( it's prounanced Veh-leh-beet).

I live in Los Gatos, California named by the Spanish explorers for the local wildcat/bobcat/Lynx Rufus. There are still plenty of bobcats in the area as well as mountain lions/cougars. There are plenty of deer and other prey species to keep them and their kin well fed and busy. Our lives are made more full simply knowing they are out there, or on lucky occasions actually seeing them in nature.

They're just freaking adorable 😍

I really love the thought that is put into these projects, approaching the matter from all angles, like rewilding territories as well as anti-poaching projects and informing the public. It's amazing to see the thought, care and planning that goes into this.

Theres about 5 lynx in my area where i live. And its about the size of monaco but even larger. Theres also 3 bears, Sometimes wolfes and lots of deer and moose. I live in Essvik sweden.

I'm beyond thrilled to hear this! I hope the wolves will come back too!! Good grief, we need wolves desperately here in the U.S.!! Great video!!

I had never heard of the term ecology of fear, thanks for that amazing lesson!!!

I am from Türan Qazaqstan 🇰🇿 and we also have a Big Lynx Populations, it's around 27,000 thousand and they are called Turkestan Lynx, we hope their Population will Skyrocket and Double.

The Lynx is back in significant numbers here in Germany as well. Supportet by releasy programs like our neighbours do. Traffic is a great threat for them.

Lovely fluffy terminators!! ❤️ Very informative video, thanks Tom!

I know there probably are lynx living around the area of my home, but I’ve never seen one (in the wild) and I can only recall seeing tracks once. That was when we were looking after a family friends cat while he was traveling for work (which wasn’t uncommon). Now his cat was a weird combination of independent and a cuddle-bug. She did fine alone, with just a check up once per day, getting some food, pets and checking the litter box, but she also loved being outdoors and had a cat flap. So when you arrived you’d unlock the door and if you weren’t met with a cat meowing at you inside you just turned around and called her name into the forest and a minute or two later she’d come running. Every. Single. Time. Except once. It was in winter we got there and unlocked the door, no cat. We were going to call her but saw tracks in the snow. One was hers, and the second set looked similar but waaaay bigger, which my mom identified as a Lynx. We called and she didn’t come. We put out all her food and just had to go and hope she’d be there tomorrow. We were really worried, but luckily the next day when we unlocked the door she was there! She seemed really exhausted and we didn’t see her (or her tracks) outside at all for a few days but soon enough she was running around again. She passed away some years later at at least 16 years old. Even if she wasn’t mine, she was a good cat and I kinda miss her.

Gorgeous animal, I hope I see one in Sweden one day. I had a run in with an American bobcat in Arizona once, it was quite the staring contest until I calmy backed out the way I came.

Releasing two male lynx into new territory. WOW. JUST WOW. Makes you question, the competence of those who are in charge

Excellent! Well edited and informative video on a fantastic species that sure needs our help. Thanks for putting this together Tom!

Amazing. Thank you for your rewilding and educational efforts!

I live in northwest Oregon and we have a decent amount of bobcats near where I live. They are such awesome looking creatures and I love having them around in the ecosystem.

It’s wonderful to see and hear that various species of lynx are growing but we still need to do more. Great vid, incredibly informative!

This footage is amazing!! Loving the progression in the videos

I would apperciate a list of succesfull reintroductions of lynxes in Europe and a map of its current ranges. I am from the Czech Republic and there has been a succesful (as far as I know) reintroduction of lynx in the Šumava mountains in the west of Bohemia (on border with Bavaria, Germany). I would love to hear about how succesfull this project has been compared to others and how well has done the other projects. It would be nice to know in what areas we can meet lynxes (or live with them without meeting) nowadays. Besides this, thanks for the video. Lynxes are beautiful and play a key role in the ecosystems - it is great to know more about them.

Lnyx is my favourite animal glad that its coming back

Seen one once. Unexpectedly sat on my lawn one summer morning. I live in nothern Sweden

I had a house cat and lynx mix as a jard pet in Croatia. We got it from the guy who was living next to the forest. Extremely smart cat but not easy to be friends with. Great hunter though. There was no mouses and rats in the estate. It had beautiful long hair on the ears as lynx but size as the regular cat though a bit stronger in build and it had no descendants. I hope lynx population comes back to normal

Guys, do you intend to make any videos or projects about insect conservation? During the pandemic, I’ve moved back to the rural area I grew up in and I was quite shocked and worried by the decline of some species e.g. butterflies, cicadas, dragonflies, crickets, moths, etc., and also by the complete disappearance of fireflies. PS: amazing video as always ❤️

A saw a lynx outside of my house (not in the city) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY in winter a few years ago. I was a litle worried for my cat and my tiny dog and didnt have them outside because i saw tracks of it in the snow IN MY GARDEN because it had jumped over the fence. This went on for about a week. The fact that i saw a lynx in the middle of the day might seem unbelivable but it actualy happened. (i live in southern Sweden)

I had a close ancounter (2m) with one while hiking on LSD in germany together with a friend. Was breathtaking but best experience of our live.

I've seen plenty of lynx in Eastern Finland. I've even seen a large cat fighting off one. The funny thing about is that they seem to follow deer populations, so you know you might see one if deer migrate nearby.

Another great video, keep up the great work.

Amazing work as always! Always a positive part of my day

Great program - beautiful, incredible photography. Thanks.

6:31 _"... with sweet silky voiceovers ..."_ 😂

A very interesting documentary ! Odd that anyone should choose to introduce 2 male Lynx into the wild, as you say these introductions need to be more planned, there is of course a huge anti introduction lobby which resists any deliberate introduction of species , I think the only way to overcome this is to only announce the introductions to local enthusiasts and of course the local hunting clubs so that they are aware of their presence, good luck with this, we need more Scottish Wild Cat and other re introductions when suitable prey species are present. Chris B.

4:22 "Just two male lynx were reintroduced here". What did they expect?! Did they think the lynx were gonna adopt housecats?!

Corporate needs you to find the difference between "Big kittens" and "Fluffy Terminators". Me: "They're the same thing."

Each year I've seen one or two close to my house in Norway and I see their tracks in the snow throughout the winter. I'm pretty sure that I can hear them screaming across the forest at night too.

In the Harz region in Germany there can be Lynxes seen roaming around in the forest.

It really amazes me, that we were taught in school about cool African animals, like tigers, while noone told us about local species like lynx, or bison.

One of my teachers told me the story of a time they went with a gamekeeper to a lynx location in the jura mountains, following their GPS track. According to their tracking they got ten meters away from the lynx, but they still couldn't see it, it wass too well hidden

There is a good population of lynx around Oslo, the capital of Norway. And lynx are sometimes seen by people living on the outskirts of the city. In their mating seasons (lynx, not people) you can often hear them, if you know what to listen for! It is part of the Norwegean culture to use our wilderness resources for walking trips, collecting berries and mushroom, fishing, camping etc. And around Oslo some of the more popular areas are shared between people and lynx. That is, the lynx knows about it, not the people! It may happen that lynx and people run into each other, but that is very rare. And the idea that lynx should be dangerous to people has very little to support it. Even if a lynx would be able to kill a person under the right circumstances. Lynx are like ghosts and you should be very lucky to see one. If you are afraid of being killed by one, you could for instance avoid stealing the newborn kitten from one? In such an instance a very dangerous reaction may be triggered in the lynx!

growing up the lo (lynx) was almost a mythical creature to me in my small town in the deep woods of småland, sweden. of course I knew they existed but they were so rare that I didn't know a single person who'd ever seen one as opposed to say wolves or bears which are also rare this far south but not uncommon in say, zoos. then one day about five years ago my uncle shares a video from his yard where his wife got good footage of a lynx in daylight casually walking through their property. roughly three years later I finally got lucky when one night I saw one on the side of the road just outside my small home town. just as I made a turn quite close to it, it flew across the asphalt and disappeared among the trees. very cool experience because I was pretty certain that I would never encounter one in my life. good conservation practices works people.

Great upload, learned alot and was mesmerized the whole time

Such a well made video, earned my subscription!

I feel like Lynx are a perfect predator for rewilding since they rarely come into contact with humans and thus it's easier for people to accept their presence. For instance, unlike with bears, I don't know anyone who's even seen a lynx eventhough I live in Finland where there are thousands of them.

I live near the jura mountains, never seen one but I have seen paw prints in the snow :) Side note however, at 3:57 that's a photo of the Alps, not the Jura. The Jura mountains are famous for being relatively flat at the top and being covered in forest. Hence the name probably coming from a Celtic word "jor" (or similar) meaning forest

My grandpa used to tell me they sit on tree branches and when a human walks under that branch they drop themselves from great height right on your head and bite the neck. Now I dont know if thats true or he made it up to scare me but it stuck with me that you dont mess with the those kitties that have brushes on their eartips

i have them down the street. but never saw one, neither did i see wolf. edit: i went to see where are lynxes from lifelynx project in slovenia.. and catalin and igi started family at my front door. im so proud.

I live in the Netherlands and we are blessed with a Wolf population since very recently, they just wandered in from Germany and discovered a wooded area in the middle of our country. This was completely unplanned. There are 3 breeding pairs in the netherlands by now and as far as I know the total number of wolves is around 20. Lynxes would be great, could something similar happen with lynxes or would that need more planning? Wolves in western Europe seem to be surprisingly brave crossing populated area's and motorways after they leave their parents in search of a territory for themselves.

The Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) is not in this video because it is actually a separate species, in fact, the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) is more closely related to both the Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) and the Bobcat (Lynx rufus) than to the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), thus making the iberian lynx the most basal living lynx species.

I love the lynx I remember I went hiking with my dad and grandpa like 5 years ago and we spotted a lynx in the Harz,one of the highland areas in Germany. It felt so surreal cause not even my grandpa who been living there since 1949 has ever spotted one.

I live in Norway, and apparently there are wild predators here. I say apparently, because in my 42 years I've only seen possible wolf tracks and bear droppings once. The only predator larger than a fox I've seen in the wild was a wolverine as well as a badger. I've seen plenty of moose and deer. For some reason our government is always listening to the farmers who seem to be extremists when it comes to wild predator animals. They only see them as a threat, and not a natural part of the wild.

I live in the Jura region and a few years back one of the lynxes actually almost walked on our balcony/terrace that is connected to the hill behind the house. At first we thought we heard a person scream in pain until we saw the lynx watching us from the hillside and screaming. After a few minutes it walked away and we went back in. Maybe our dogs barking at it was telling it to stay away. An amazing and as I now know really rare experience. Although since then I know what a lynx sounds like and I heard some many times again.

I'd love to see Lynx reintroduced to Britain but I know that its a rather controversial idea. Great video!

I’ve watched the wolverine video a little while ago, very interesting indeed! However I like the lynx more just because I love the way they look. I live in the Netherlands myself and we don’t really have a large predator species here besides foxes (which I consider small) and seals, but that’s in the water 😜 Just recently they found out the wolves are returning here via Germany mainly in the region called the Veluwe, pretty much our only bigger nature reserve that we have. Our country is so populated with humans so I don’t expect the Lynx around here anytime soon sadly enough..

In North Italy the Lynx is increasingly seen throughout the Alps...amazing

Many year’s ago in thick woodland in the midland’s of England at night time two of us came within fifty metres of a lynx, we had head torches on, the thing I always remember were the ear’s and the beauty of it after a short stand off it silently disappeared behind a bush, wheather I AM BELIEVED OR NOT is no concern to me, it’s just for the record.

I think in Finland reindeer herders are the biggest threat to them, because they prey on especially the younger reindeer here. Every reindeer has an owner and young ones are earmarked based on the mother's earmark every year in big gatherings. Even though the herders are compensated for losses to predators, many herders feel like the compensation is not enough to cover the costs and some have retaliated towards them. It's very difficult to keep track of lynx so if some disappear from certain areas, it's impossible to find the culprit. Wolverine and wolf are other animals that get similar treatment from them and they are very much against increasing their populations in reindeer herding areas (which is pretty much the whole Lapland). Especially wolverine, which may kill multiple reindeer in a frenzy, if allowed inside an enclosure where reindeer are gathered.

Will you eventually cover the golden jackal and its rapid spread throughout western and northern Europe? :(

Regarding Norways sheep practises: sheep a released all over the country, from flat islands along the coast to alpine areas. They are not under constant watch and we dont use shepherds. As a result around 120 000 sheep die during the grazing season. Some due to predators (lynx and wolverine make up most of the numbers) but most die by falling, getting stuck, eating poisonous plants, disease, traffic, dogs etc. This practise became the norm at a time (ca1900-1970) when predators where hunted actively numbers were very low.

Coming from a farming town of Norway that has some lynx I've never heard of lynx taking sheep, mostly its wolverine and wolves

I remember growing up learning about our Iberian-Lynx and how they were so close to extinction. As a kid, I couldn't understand how humans could do something like that. Between hunting and massive forest fires (>70% of forest fires are created by humans here) their species, and others, have been massacred for centuries. There's even forest fires that are specifically created to destroy habitats so business men can purchase and build on these lands. Every year, there's countless gigantic fires that end thousands of lives in the Iberian Peninsula. But, hey, if no humans are hurt and no infrastructures are damaged then most people don't care. As long as people can have a more conveniently placed McDonald's, more roads and houses then all the better. The worst part is that their habitats are being destroyed. There's less and less land for them to live in. What's our plan? One day we keep a specimen from every animal and plant inside a glass box and call them preserved? I find the "dangerous" topic a rather irrelevant/subjective one because we, ourselves, are the most dangerous animals to have ever existed. No animal comes close to what we have done and still do to this planet. If we deserve a place on this planet, then 99,9% of all life deserves a place as well. And they deserve freedom in a natural habitat, not a cage in the zoo for people to look at them like some freak in a circus or a couple of acres surrounded by roads or factories or planes polluting their atmosphere. They're animals just like us. Why do "we" treat them like objects more often than not? I find it so odd that people care so much about African slavery in the past, they care about the Holocaust but they don't care about billions of animals and plants who are treated like objects from birth to death every year and we still waste what they give us, we take more than what we need, we destroy everything that doesn't benefit us... but I digress, most people aren't ready to accept this truth yet. It's not a convenient truth, regardless of importance.

I thought this would be about iberian lynx for some moments

Such gorgeous animals. The noise they make while mating, though.. I did not sleep that night.