Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


First Eurasian Lynx Born in Pyrenees in Almost a Century

Associated Press

   BARCELONA, SPAIN - A Spanish nature conservation center says that the
   first baby lynx has been born in the Pyrenees in nearly a century.
   The Eurasian lynx is considered extinct in the Spanish and French
   Pyrenees, and the last time it was witnessed in these mountains was in
   the 1930s.
   TheMonNaturaPirineus center released images of the baby feline
   cavorting on Wednesday, two months after it was born in captivity.
   The lynx's parents were born in captivity in northwestern Spain before
   being brought to the center in 2008.
   The International Union for Conservation of Nature says the predator
   has stable populations in northern Europe and Asia, though it's
   endangered in parts of Europe.

   The Eurasian lynx is different from the smaller Iberian lynx, which had
   been near extinction.

.