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Herrenschmidt, V.
Abstract about the French lynx reintroduction
1989 Full Book
European lynx reintroduction has come up on the scene these last twenty years. Some of those reintroductions have been successful, as the program conducted in Switzerland. This operation has resulted in a progressive colonisation y the lynx of few areas nearing the border, in the French Jura mountains and the northern Alps. Besides, a comprehensive reintroduction program of this cat has been conducted in France in the Vosges mountains. The first releases have taken place in 1983 when fourteen lynx have been freed, of which six are still alive today. Two cases of breeding have been ascertained. Data have been collected about the biological balance of animals released in an environment originally free of any presences; collected data are available since 1983. Allow me to give you, first, a short account of this release program; We shall then detail the problems, which occurred due to the presence of the lynx in the Jura mountains, and the difficult coexistence of the cat with an economically weak sheep breeding.
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