{"id":7707,"date":"2020-03-05T14:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mes.org.mk\/en\/?p=7707"},"modified":"2020-10-15T19:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T19:38:02","slug":"another-female-lynx-in-mavrovo-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mes.org.mk\/en\/another-female-lynx-in-mavrovo-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Another female lynx in Mavrovo National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Lisa, the latest radio-collared female lynx! On 24 February 2020 the lynx team of the Macedonian Ecological Society (MES), together with Mavrovo National Park representatives, successfully box-trapped another individual of the elusive Balkan lynx on Mount Bistra, opposite of the village of Rostushe in Mavrovo.<\/p>\n

All went well during animal sedation and taking of measurements and samples, in which a representative from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine \u2013 Skopje and an associate from Harz National Park also provided assistance. We established that the individual is a 15-kg female aged 6\u20137 years. This lady lynx is in great health, as seen from the roe deer kill found just three days after capture.<\/p>\n

Hence, Lisa is the third radio-collared female lynx and the ninth different lynx individual captured within the research activities that MES has been systematically implementing since 2010.<\/p>\n

The radio-collar will provide means to monitor the animal through radio-telemetry and GPS-tracking, updating our knowledge about the ecology and biology of the critically endangered Balkan lynx.<\/p>\n

Such success is a result of the fruitful cooperation with Mavrovo NP, and the help of our associates and volunteers during lynx monitoring activities. We hope for more good news from the field!<\/p>\n