Rabbit conservation
The lynx is a very specialised animal, and practically 90% of its diet is the rabbit. Lack of food is one of the biggest problems in conservation of the feline. This scarcity is, today, a consequence of the two viral diseases that affect this prey animal, myxomatosis and Rabbit Hemorragic Disease (RHD)). The incidence of these diseases, together with the change in land use with the rise in monoculture, and high hunting pressure exerted on this animal, have brought about its total disappearance in many areas of the Iberian Peninsula and a more than 80% reduction in others.
The majority of the resources in this prey management effort were invested from the Lynx LIFE Project, in order not only to provide food for the lynx, but also to achieve settled, breeding rabbit populations in those areas where there are or will be Iberian Lynx. The following actions were carried out toward this goal:
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