International Symposium in France

      The "Pôle Grands Prédateurs" (Pole Large Predators) organizes an International Symposium in Decembre and a week of activities on the theme of large predators.

     The conference theme is « Living with large predators in Europe » and the experiences of 6 countries (France, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Romania) will be presented by speakers through 3 modules :

  Communication : To get to know the species that were used to be denigrated.

  Coexistence : To assure a effective protection of the humans activities which can be damaged pouvant subir des dégâts (herds, beehives, fruit trees)

  Valuation : To use the image of large predators to valuate a geographic zone and traditional humans activities (agriculture, beekeeping, crafts…).

Source : Pôle Grands Prédateurs

I will make an intervention at this symposium, so I shall be very glad you came! :D
More details by clicking on the poster!

The last step!

     The last part of the project is to study the perception of people towards the lynx, I made a questionnaire that several Swedish people answered already. But I need more answers so that the questionnaire were significant.


     Do not hesitate to do it and to send it to a lot of people to help the project :) (for Swedish only!): 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZRYm9PNndkWnhfLTJkUFZ3MjdCTkE6MQ&fb_source=message#gid=0


     The result will be published on the NaturiLynx website in November. It will compare the French perception and the Swedish perception. 

Coming soon!

Now the report is finished! I have already done it in French but I have to translate everything in english. As I’m doing another project in Argentine for the moment, the report in english will be published in August.


If you are interested, do not hesitate to contact me to receive it :)

Photos of Swiss lynx

Several photos taken in the Swiss Alps in last december by KORA!

Website : Le Temps

The Spain's last lynx

A documentary by National Geographic about the Iberian lynx in Spain :

Publication of the Proceedings of Symposium 2008 Orléans

      The Proceedings of Symposium 2008 which took place at the Natural History Museum of Orléans (FRANCE) are publicated at least! :)
[Thanks to Jacques Baillon and Actu'Lynx for this information]
Here this the link to order a version of this document rich in information:

"Lynx...Le grand retour?" Lynx...the great return?

      This symposium was the brainchild of a group of passionate individuals and organizations whith the following composition :


1) Organisation of the symposium

- Organizing Committee :
Philippe Guillet (Muséum d’Orléans)
Marie-Paule Lagasquie (Loiret Nature Environnement)
René Rosoux (Muséum d’Orléans)
Didier Papet (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Jacques Baillon (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Pascale Rossler (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Annie Moreau (FERUS)
Farid Benhammou (RGTE-ENGREF)

- Scientific coordination:
René Rosoux (Muséum d’Orléans)

2) Publication of the proceedings (by the National Natural History Muséum)

- Writing et translations :
Anne Saint Girons
Marie-des-Neiges de Bellefroid
René Rosoux

- Reading Committee :
Jacques Baillon (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Roland Libois (Université de Liège)
Marie-des-Neiges de Bellefroid (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Éric Marboutin (ONCFS)
Farid Benhammou (RGTE-ENGREF)
René Rosoux (Muséum d’Orléans)
Philippe Guillet (Muséum d’Orléans)
Gilbert Simon (WWF/FERUS)

SUMMARY
Foreword : Philippe Guillet
Preface : Eladio Fernandez Galiano
Introduction : Jacques Trouvilliez

     Distribution map of the northern lynx and the Iberian lynx in Europe (situation 2010) : Patrick Haffner
Origin and evolution of the genus Lynx : Agnès Testu
The lynx in France : contribution archaeological and historical data : Cécile Callou
The role of France in the return of the lynx in Europe : Gilbert Simon
The lynx population in France : Éric Marboutin, Christophe Duchamp, Pierre-Emmanuel Briaudet, Perrine Moris, François Léger, Yannick Léonard, Alain Laurent, Jérôme Boyer, Michel Catusse et Pierre Migot
The discrete progression of the lynx in France, current balance : Mathieu Krammer
Observation of the lynx in the wild in the Jura Mountains, providing a naturalist work : Loïc Coat

     Ecology and management of lynx in Switzerland : Andreas Ryser et Urs Breitenmoser
     The Iberian lynx in critical danger of extinction : Miguel Delibes de Castro
     The lynx in Slovenia : statut et écologie : Miha Kröfel
    Analysis of potential home of Boreal Lynx (Lynx lynx) in the eastern province of Liege (Belgium) : Violaine Thiry, Vinciane Schockert, Roland Libois, Yves Cornet et Samuel van der Linden
     Fear of lynx… or scare with the lynx? The return of the lynx in the french Jura : Pierre Athanaze
     Live with the lynx or how to accept the wild : Jean-Claude Génot
     Conservation strategy of the Iberian Lynx in Andalousia: Miguel Anguel Simon, Rafael Cadenas, José-Maria Gil-Sanchez, Marcos Lopes Parra, Leonardo Fernandez, Gema Ruiz et Guillermo Lopez.

     The lynx in Germany, a successful return, even in fragmented habitats? : Mathias Herrmann et Nina Klar
Public policies to protect the lynx in Europe in France : Nathalie Lacour
     Geopolitical perspectives of the lynx and the return of large predators in France : connections, similarities and specificities : Farid Benhammou

Conclusion : René Rosoux et Marie des Neiges de Bellefroid
Annexes : Organisation of the symposium. Communications, posters, events, addresses of stakeholders, Table of Contents


This publication is volume 71 of the "Patrimoines Naturels" collection
Publication Director: Thomas Grenon
General Director of the National Museum of Natural History
Editor: Jean-Philippe Siblet
Editorial Assistant: Gwénaëlle Chavassieu

Symposium about reintroduction of animals (Lyon FRANCE - February 10th and 11th of 2012)

To see the article, clich here here

The lynx of the Jura photographed by camera traps - Study 2011

A scientific study was conducted by hunting federations of Jura and Doubs, ONCFS, the ONC and the National Centre for Studies and Applied Research (CNERA) thanks to many camera-traps. The first in France!
The results were made official and concluded at a density of an individual lynx per 100 km ², which is close to figures found by the KORA in a study conducted in Switzerland.

This study also permitted to photograph a lot of lynx of our Juraforest!

Photo by ONCFS

To see the article (in french) : Le Progrès

BBC Wildlife Camera-trap Photo of the Year 2011: The Winners!

Photo by KORA

This photo is the lucky winner of 2011 BBC Wildlife (category camera-trap photo). The lynx was caught by camera trap in Switzerland. You can view the other winning photos on the website BBC Wildlife:

Two lynx were victims of a collision car in the region of Doubs (France)

Source Est Républicain

The corpse of a young lynx was discovered on the night of Monday 17th to Tuesday, October 18th in the area of Fuans (25 - Doubs) towards the "Fins".

Last Sunday, October 23 to 19h, a young 23 years old man hit a female lynx on the main road of "Les Gras". On Monday morning, a guard of the ONCFS (National Hunting and Wildlife Agency) came to see the death of the animal and recover its body.

Source Est Républicain

 Human activity is now the leading killer of adult lynx in France so pay attention and drive carefully!

A french report about wolves and lynx

A french report went on October 5^th on France 3 in the TV show "Enquête de région" (Region Investigation) : the subject was "In the footsteps of the wolf."

It goes around the current problem of wolves and draws a parallel with the lynx (see minute 36' of the report). This survey is very interesting to watch because the main categories of persons involved in the lynx appear:

(in order of appearance)

- Emmanuel Cretin from the association LPO Franche-Comte
- Gilles Moyne, director of the care center ATHENAS
- Patrice Raydelet, founder of the association “Pôle Grands Prédateurs” (Pole Large Predators)

This is the link (it's in french):

     Coming soon, the first data I found after the meeting of:
FARRUGIA Raphael, a sheep farmer in Bonnefontaine (Jura) and Chairman of the Union Sheep in Franche-Comté