Small Signs of Hope for World's Most Endangered Cat

An Iberian lynx.

Photo: Programa de Conservación Ex-situ del Lince Ibérico / Wikimedia Commons.

The woodlands and pastures of southern Spain once provided fertile hunting ground for the Iberian lynx, but habitat destruction, loss of prey, and trapping diminished the population of the reclusive feline dramatically, to just 100 animals a decade ago, making it the most endangered cat in the world. Now, thanks to a combination of political action, high-tech monitoring, and improved public awareness, the lynx is making a slow, if not always steady, comeback in Andalusia.

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