Asiatic Lynx
by Barbara Keith
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19.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
Asiatic Lynx
Artist
Barbara Keith
Medium
Drawing - Colored Pencil
Description
In 2004, a Spanish government survey showed just two isolated breeding populations of Iberian lynx in southern Spain, totaling about 100 lynx (including only 25 breeding females). An agreement signed in 2003 by the Spanish Environment Ministry and the Andalusian Environment Council seeks to breed the Iberian lynx in captivity. Three Iberian lynx cubs were born as part of the Spanish program in 2005, at the Centro El Acebuche facility in DoƱana National Park.
As a result of the Spanish government program and efforts by others (such as the WWF and the EU's Life projects), the Iberian lynx "has recovered from the brink of extinction"; from 2000 to 2015, the population of Iberian lynx more than tripled. The IUCN reassessed the species from "critically endangered" to "endangered" in 2015. A 2014 census of the species showed 327 animals in Andalucia in the "reintroduction areas" of Sierra Morena and Montes de Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), the Matachel Valley (Extremadura, Spain), and the Guadiana Valley (Portugal) (Wikipedia).
Complete 2002 after 20.23 hours spread over 10 days.
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July 16th, 2017
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Comments (17)
Dale Kincaid
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured in the OHIO ARTISTS Group gallery! You are invited to post your work in the feature archive discussion.
David Neace
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Barbara Keith replied:
I can't.. they've shut me out and I can't get a response from anyone there.. sucks
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"