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On 7 and 8 April, three wildcats were reintroduced into the wild in the cantons of Basel-Landschaft and Vaud. One of the three had been removed from its natural habitat by a private individual by mistake the previous year, while two others had been taken into human care after their mother was run over. The animals have now been fitted with transmitters and their reintroduction into the wild will be scientifically monitored.

The Swiss lynx monitoring continuously records the population development and distribution of the lynx in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. The current data provide insights into the lynx's current spatial distribution and population development since 2010.

The SCALP+ Monitoring Report 2021/2022 presents a new distribution map of the Eurasian lynx. This map shows the occurrence and reproductive events of the lynx in eleven Central European countries.