Six Iberian Linces is released before 2025 in the Palencia del Cerrato region, Where in recent months the circumstances that these animals can be found, with the aim of looking for the extension of this species through other areas of the Iberian Peninsula.
Loose Technicians had identified the reintroductive air of the species in Castilla y León as a possible reintroduction air of the speciesWhere five decades since it is not detected to the presence of line, The Duero canons in Zamora and the Cerrato region in Palencia.
The fundamental reasons to propose and request the Palencia area They have been the greatest abundance of rabbit populations and bushesThe greatest admissibility of the surrounding peoples and a larger surface area in which cooperation agreements are signed with the project.
Recovery De Lynx in Castilla y León
The Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Planning, Juan Carlos Suárez-Quiñones, together with the director-General of Natural Heritage and Forest Politics, José Ángel Arranz and the territorial representative of the board in Palencia, José Rubio Mielgo, They have proceeded to release two new copies of Iberian Lince, Villano and Viñegra, who contribute to the previous twoBeing a total of four copies released this year in the Palencia Cerrato. In the coming weeks, the same action will be carried out with two other animals to reach six Linces In 2025.
These two new copies, villain, male and vineyard, female, Shethat together with the breeding centers of the Olivilla, managed by the Junta de Andalucía in Jaén, and Silves, managed by the ICNF in Portugal, they form the network of centers of the EX -Situitrage program line Iberian.
This Two new copies will participate in the recently released, Virgin and Returnwith which the reintroduction program of the line Iberian in Palencia Cerrato. The last, introduced in the established clay on 17 February, have already been finally released to the natural environment after a month spent in these acclimatization facilities.
During this First week in which these copies are in total freedom has been checked Continuously by environmental and technical agents who are assigned to the project that control their correct acclimatization to the area and remain on the surface of the reintroduction area today.
During this period it is essential This project is a success and makes it possible to create a stable population of Lynx in the Palencia Cerrato.
Agreements with the owners and users of hunting forecasts
As advanced during the public participation process, it works together with the board with Farmers, Municipalities and Hunting Area holders to define improvements of habitats that must be developed in the reintroduction area.
In particular, the Charcs construction projects are already being implemented, with a volume of 10,000 – 15,000 liters, from Great importance for the lynx and for the rest of the surrounding animals in the wild. Continue with owners and predictions in other improvements, such as the arrangement of housings, drinking fountains, sowing, etc., which will also result in the improvement of small hunting types.
After the work of more than two years, developed by the board in the areas that may have been reintroduction, After technical works and others of public participation, it turned out that the area studied in the Palencia Cerrato And in the vicinity of the municipal conditions of Astudillo, Villacaco, Torquemada and Villamediana, among other things, an abundance of rabbit of 57 latrines/km was described in the best 10,000 proposal, suitable parameters for reinproduction.
On the other hand, the social appreciation before The reintroduction in Palencia was very favorable, with 93 % of the respondents, after he had obtained support letters or signatures By landowners or RE holders in an area of 72 % of the area presented in Palencia.
With the Reintroduction of the species in the Palencia Cerrato A milestone takes place in the recovery of the Iberian Lynx On the peninsula, the first reintroduction area in the Northern Peninsula is located, and about half a century takes place after the disappearance of the line From the Castilian plateau.