Yesterday, at Hotel Neda in Galičnik, the Macedonian Ecological Society opened an exhibition of photographs of the Balkan lynx.
The exhibition features 21 photographs of lynxes captured in the wild in North Macedonia, Albania, and Kosovo.
At the opening, Dime Melovski, head of the Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme, addressed the audience and explained that fewer than 50 individuals of this critically endangered species remain in the wild today.
The large audience also took the opportunity to engage with the team from the Macedonian Ecological Society and learn more about the Balkan lynx.
Next year, the Balkan Lynx Recovery Programme, which operates within MES, will mark two decades of dedicated work. It was the first initiative to launch systematic monitoring and research of the species, with the ultimate goal of ensuring its survival.
The Balkan lynx is an apex predator with no natural enemies in the animal world. Its greatest threat comes from humans—through poaching or indirectly, through deforestation that destroys its habitat and drives it closer to extinction.
The exhibition at Hotel Neda will remain open until August 31, with free entry. As a traveling exhibition, it will also be presented in other locations across North Macedonia.
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