Latest news from the project

We regularly report about news regarding the lynx in Thuringia and current developments in the project.

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01.10.2025

Offspring in Eichsfeld

At the beginning of September, a female lynx with a cub was spotted in northwestern Thuringia.

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25.09.2025

Baron dies in train accident

Baron, a young lynx from Thuringia who was recently released back into the wild, dies after being hit by a train in southern Thuringia.

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29.08.2025

Carlo and Baron released into the wild

Carlo was the sixth lynx to be released into the wild in the Thuringian Forest. Baron, a young lynx that had been rehabilitated, was also released.

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16.08.2025

Carlo arrives in the Thuringian Forest

The lynx is going to be released into the wild at the end of August.

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11.06.2025

Good news on Lynx Day

Positive development of lynx numbers in Thuringia gives reason for hope

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04.06.2025

Young lynx caught in southern Thuringia

Near Bockstadt, the project team caught a young lynx that was displaying unusual behaviour and was severely emaciated.

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11.04.2025

Lynx Ionel released into the wild

Ionel, a male lynx captured in Romania, now has a new home in the Thuringian Forest

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07.03.2025

Lynx migrates from Saxony

Female lynx Nova has migrated from the western Ore Mountains to Thuringia

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31.01.2025

Thuringian lynx released into the wild in Austria

Lynx male Janus, born in the wild cat village of Hütscheroda, was released into the wild in the Austrian Kalkalpen National Park as part of a population support programme.

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26.01.2025

In the Carpathians with a GPS collar

As part of the monitoring of the source population of lynx in the Romanian Carpathians, the first animal was fitted with a transmitter collar.

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19.12.2024

Lynx from Hütscheroda released into the wild in Baden-Württemberg

Lynx Reinhold is the third animal to be released into the wild as part of a lynx reintroduction programme in the Black Forest.

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18.12.2024

Our lynxes have settled in well

The four so far reintroduced lynxes have found a new home in the Thuringian Forest (as intended).

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28.09.2024

Lynx Luna released into the wild in northern Italy

The Thuringian lynx Luna makes an important contribution to a stable lynx population in the south-eastern Alps

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03.09.2024

Emotional film sequence- our second release into the wild!

With Vreni and Kilian, four young lynxes have now been released into the wild in the Thuringian Forest.

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27.08.2024

Two more lynxes released into the wild in the Thuringian Forest! 

On Tuesday, 27 August 2024, Vreni and Kilian left the release enclosure. They come from the Carpathian lynx conservation breeding programme of the European Association for Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

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27.08.2024

First offspring in the Thuringian Forest! 

In August 2024, the first female lynx and her offspring were documented by a wildlife camera in the Thuringian Forest on the border to Bavaria.

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05.08.2024

Our project film is online!

A film team regularly documented the work on-site. The result is a ten-minute video that not only showcases moving images but also gives a voice to the project partners.

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11.06.2024

We celebrate International Lynx Day

To celebrate International Lynx Day, we are marking the release of Frieda and Viorel into the Thuringian Forest.

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16.05.2024

A reason to celebrate: First reintroduction successful!

Yesterday, on May 15, 2024, we reached a milestone for conservation in Thuringia and our project: The first two lynxes were successfully reintroduced into the Thuringian Forest.

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19.04.2024

Welcome Viorel – Successful transport from Romania

We are pleased to announce that the transport of the wild male lynx Vioreel from Romania has been successfully completed.

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16.04.2024

Frieda moves – Last stop before release 

We are pleased to announce that the lynx Frieda from the Wildcat Village Hütscheroda has successfully moved to the new release enclosure in the Thuringian Forest. There, she now has the opportunity to acclimate to her future environment while waiting for the arrival of her potential partner from Romania.

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25.03.2024

Soft-release enclosure completed

In order to slowly adapt to their new environment, all lynx in the project are kept in an enclosure in the middle of the Thuringian Forest for around 2-4 weeks before being released into the wild.

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18.03.2024

The first Romanian lynx!

Our colleagues from ACDB have caught their first lynx in a box trap in the Romanian Carpathians.

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13.03.2024

Lynxes spotted in southern Thuringian Forest

In the southern Thuringian Forest and the Thuringian Slate Mountains, we have been able to confirm the presence of at least two different lynxes in the past few weeks.

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07.02.2024

Lynx offspring in Eichsfeld

In January, our camera traps in the Eichsfeld (North-West Thuringia) were able to confirm the presence of a lynx accompanied by at least two cubs.

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25.01.2024

Official project launch of „Lynx Thuringia 

It’s official: Thuringia’s Minister of the Environment, Bernhard Stengele, marked the start of the project „Lynx Thuringia – Connecting Europe’s Lynxes“ today by handing over the grant notification.

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16.01.2024

Lynx Capture Workshop

In lynx projects, there may be situations where a lynx needs to be recaptured. We, from the „Luchs Thüringen“ project and other representatives from lynx reintroduction projects in Germany, participated in a workshop on „Lynx Capture“ in Switzerland, where there are decades of experience on this topic.

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