Seal - Saxony releases another lynx
Another lynx, named Chapo, was released into the Eibenstock Forest on a Wednesday evening. The Saxonian Environmental, Agriculture and Geology Administration (LfULG) announced on a Thursday that Chapo, alongside Juno, Alva and Nova, is the fourth lynx to be released in the Ore Mountains this year.
Experts are now monitoring the project's success and the lynx's condition through a GPS collar that Chapo wears. The collars of the other lynxes have shown that they have remained in the Ore Mountains, behaving discreetly and rarely seen. No livestock have been poached, LfULG added.
Originally, the one-year-old Chapo was intended for a breeding program. He grew up in a zoo in Nuremberg with little contact with animal keepers and was fed wild meat.
In early June, Chapo was transported from Nuremberg to the Harz region as part of the breeding program. However, he struggled to adapt to the new environment and escaped shortly after arrival. Despite plans to the contrary, the responsible parties decided to release him into the wild. The forests of the Ore Mountains, with their large size and structure, offer ideal conditions for this, so Chapo was eventually taken to Saxony.
- The Global Positioning System (GPS) data from Chapo's collar in Saxony-Anhalt indicates that he's been exploring the Ore Mountains extensively.
- Ecologists in Saxony are closely studying the behavior of Chapo and the other released lynxes in the Ore Mountains, with Lower Saxony serving as a point of comparison.
- Despite initially ranking high in the breeding program due to his lineage and diet, Chapo from Nuremberg's zoo has managed to secure a successful new rank in the wild Ore Mountains ecosystem.
- Dresden's animal keepers, who handled Chapo's younger days, have occasionally spotted him in the Ore Mountains, adding another sighting to the seal of approval for his successful transition from captivity to the wild.
