Sponsoring

Sometimes it’s better to give than to receive.

NESIM company sponsors lynxes living in the Municipal Zoological Garden in Wrocław. We cordially invite you to visit them and learn about the problems that these noble animals have to face – maybe you too will not remain indifferent to the fate of Polish lynxes.

Lynx (Lynx lynx)

The lynx belongs to predatory mammals from the felidae family. It is a predator with a body weight of 15 to 35 kg in adults. The lynx is the largest cat in Poland.

Only about 200 lynxes live in Poland, despite the fact that since 1995 they are under complete species protection.

Almost half of the Polish lynx live in the Carpathian Mountains and the Carpathian Foothills, where 96 individuals have been counted. One third of the population lives in eastern Poland. In the forests of: Augustowska, Białowieska, Knyszyńska, Mielnicka and in the Biebrza Valley, there are a total of 60 lynxes. A small population was also found in Roztocze, and single specimens were recorded in Polesie Lubelskie.

In Europe, the lynx occurs only in extensive complexes of deciduous, mixed and coniferous forests. The basic food of this predator is wild ungulates. In Poland, lynxes mainly eat roe deer (approx. 60-70% of all victims) and deer (20-30%, almost exclusively calves and doe), while smaller animals (hares, rodents, birds) have a small share in lynx diet.

Lynx problems:

• low population,
• poaching,
• poor habitats, forest monocultures – lynxes need extensive mixed forests with dense undergrowth and centuries-old trees,
• habitat fragmentation by dividing forests with communication routes and buildings,
• lack of food (less than half of the young survive for this reason),
• development of buildings and recreational facilities high in the mountains,
• noise, the source of which are, among others motor vehicles disturbing the silence of forest refuges.