09.03.2018 | Biodiversity Conservation, Media Release, TOP NEWS
Leipzig/Oberschönau. With the support of a local nature conservationist, scientists from the iDiv research center and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg have found evidence for the presence of the lynx in the Thuringian Forest. North of the village of Oberschönau an adult individual was photographed by a camera trap. The photos proof unequivocally that the shy carnivore is back in the Thuringian Forest – 200 years after its dissapearance.
This photo shows how the lynx marks a tree with its urine, a typical behaviour.
Also tracks of the lynx were found in the fresh snow.
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