Action urged to save Balkan lynx (BBC)

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Urgent efforts are needed to save the Balkan lynx, the largest of Europe's wild cats, from extinction, conservationists say.

Only around 100 of the big cats are thought to remain in existence.
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German group Euronatur said an area should be set up in the Macedonian-Albanian border area to protect the animal's habitat.

Part of the problem, it said, was that swathes of Albania's formerly dense forests, the lynx's preferred habitat, had been cut down for firewood and were now used for grazing.
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There are several different lynx species in Europe, a number of which are endangered.


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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6114962.stm

Handsome critter. Hope Europeans can save at least some of their wild cats.