{"id":252865,"date":"2024-06-20T17:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/iberian-lynx-recovers-from-endangered-species-status-following-conservation-efforts\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:53:27","slug":"iberian-lynx-recovers-from-endangered-species-status-following-conservation-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/iberian-lynx-recovers-from-endangered-species-status-following-conservation-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Iberian Lynx Recovers From Endangered Species Status Following Conservation Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Iberian lynx wearing a tracking device runs after being released into the Spanish Sierra Arana wilderness as part of a repopulation project, in Granada, Spain on Dec. 19, 2022. Carlos Gil Andreu \/ Getty Images <\/p>\n
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has changed the listing for the Iberian lynx species, or Lynx pardinus<\/em>, from Endangered to Vulnerable in the organization\u2019s Red List, a list detailing the extinction risk of species around the world.<\/p>\n Francisco Javier Salcedo Ortiz, coordinator of the LIFE Lynx-Connect project that led conservation efforts for the species, described the population rebound as \u201cThe greatest recovery of a cat…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n