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| Rigg, R.; Kubala, J. | |
| Monitoring the status of Carpathian lynx in Switzerland and Slovakia | |
| 2015 Full Book | |
This brochure summarises the findings of the project Living with Carpathian Spirits. It also includes several presentations given by colleagues at the project's closing seminar held at the Technical University in Zvolen on 11.2.2015. The Carpathians were the source for the renewal of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) populations in central Europe. Live-capture of lynx for restitution programmes took place in Slovakia in the 1970s and 1980s. On the basis of monitoring methods applied in Switzerland by the organization KORA it has been determined that some of these populations are suffering from genetic problems as a result of inbreeding. A possible solution could be further augmentation of these populations with lynx from Slovakia. A precondition of providing animals from the source population is, however, sufficient knowledge of its current status. The project Living with Carpathian Spirits arose as a pilot study to adapt systematic monitoring from Switzerland to conditions in the Slovak Carpathians. The project was implemented from May 2013 to February 2015 by the Slovak Wildlife Society (SWS) with partners KORA and Bojnice Zoo. |
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