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Canton: Glarus
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Carnivore Damage Prevention News

The latest issue of CDP News (Issue 27) is out, focusing on bears in Europe and Asia. In addition to describing various management strategies and damage prevention measures, the articles in this issue also illustrate the benefits of international collaboration and the value of community-based initiatives.

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Canton: Graubünden
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Canton: Kora
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Project Update Spring 2024: Wolves and Cattle

For the «Wolves and Cattle» research project, intensive efforts were once again made this spring to tag wolves in the canton of Vaud. The spring trapping season lasted from 26 February to 25 March 2024 and we take a look back.

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Canton: Kora

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Second Swiss Lynx Successfully Translocated

On Maundy Thursday 2024, a second female Swiss lynx was released in the German Ore Mountains as part of the «RElynx Sachsen» project. 

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Canton: Kora

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Swiss Lynx Successfully Translocated

The Swiss lynx B891 was released on 18 March 2024 in eastern Germany, specifically in the Ore Mountains in Saxony, as part of the «RElynx Saxony» project supported by the Federal Office for the Environment. The lynx, which originates from the Jura Mountains, is intended to help establish a lynx population in Saxony that will contribute to the conservation of the lynx in Europe.

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Canton: Kora
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Project Update: End of the Wildcat Project's Trapping Season

This year, in the Bucheggberg region, six cats were examined, sampled, and equipped with GPS collars using nine box traps to collect health and movement data as part of the Wildcat Project.

: Kora , Lynx
Canton: Kora

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Rehabilitation and release of lynx orphans

A new research report analyses the potential effects of the rehabilitation and release of lynx orphans on the conservation of the Eurasian lynx in Europe.

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Canton: Glarus
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Canton: Kora
Picture wolf: ©Charly Gurt, picture cattle: ©Stanzilla, cut: ©KORAPicture wolf: ©Charly Gurt, picture cattle: ©Stanzilla, cut: ©KORA

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Canton: Waadt
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Canton: Kora
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Wolf presence and cattle farming: not just a matter of livestock kills

In order to understand the effects of wolf presence on cattle farming and to promote low-conflict coexistence between cattle farmers and wolves, it is essential to know the needs and expectations of those affected and to take them into account in solution processes.

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Canton: Kora
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© Forestry and Nature Department, Fribourg

Improving habitat connectivity for lynxes

Wildlife corridors are of enormous importance for the connectivity of lynx in Switzerland. There are over 300 wildlife corridors of supra-regional importance nationwide, over two thirds of which are currently either only passable by wild animals to a limited extent or not at all. The federal government and cantons have therefore planned the restoration of numerous wildlife corridors. In the canton of Fribourg, for example, the restoration of two wildlife corridors is now taking concrete shape.

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Canton: Kora
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Eurasian lynx and Balkan lynx listed in the Appendices of the Bonn Convention

The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP14) which is held from 12 February to 17 February 2024 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, has listed the Eurasian lynx on Appendix II and the Critically Endangered Balkan lynx on Appendix I.

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Canton: Waadt
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