A resident of the Madrid municipality of Sevilla La Nueva has recorded the image of an Iberian lynx in the Community of Madrid. It is a species that has not been seen in the region for about 30 years, which is why it is listed as endangered.
The authorities have confirmed by the footprints found that they may belong to this species, although the forest agents of the Community of Madrid have been put on alert, after what is known on social networks, "to try to take pictures of the animal or record a video to disseminate it ", according to sources familiar with the facts. In addition, technicians from the Ministry of the Environment analyze the images released to find the animal.
Apparently, the neighbor was walking through the Los Cortijos area and came across the cat. He may have entered through the Alberche and Guadarrama valleys from the province of Toledo.
The Government of Ayuso launched a program a year ago to try to recover this species in the region and set as priority areas the Regional Park of the Alta del Manzanares basin or the Alberche and Cofío rivers, as they are suitable areas for their settlement and with abundant population of rabbits for food.
The latest census of lynx in Spain stands at 1,668 specimens, with 1,105 adult animals and some 563 cubs released in the wild in 2022. In some other autonomous communities it is no longer visible either and that is why there are several campaigns underway to try to recover lynxes. these animals in the forests of Spain.
