WWF-Romania: Around 1,500 lynx still living in Romania's forests

Romania's forests currently are home to some 1,200 - 1,500 lynx, accounting for 14 percent of the entire lynx population in Europe, except for Russia, according to figures supplied by the World Wide Fund /WWF/ - Romania.

According to the source, the lynx species was spread all over Europe, but over the last century such wild animals have disappeared in western and central Europe, as a result of human action and the destruction of habitats.

"The greatest threat to the lynx is put by the influence of human activities, which lead to the destruction and breaking up of the habitat. Lynxes need your help now! Your involvement is essential to the success of the activities of the conservation of forests, the lynx's home, that the WWF are conducting in Romania: obtaining the status of full protection for the virgin forests of Romania, with the help of more than 100,000 persons having signed the petition for the protection of this wildlife treasure of the country; saving from clearing 351 hectares of virgin forests at Sinca Veche, near Brasov; certifying 2.4 million hectares of private and state-owned forest in the FSC system, which guarantees their responsible management; preventing and curbing illegal forest clearing", WWF-Romania says on its Internet page.

The environmental organisation is conducting a campaign by which each of those interested can adopt a lynx, thus becoming an important partner of the WWF; additional details can be found on the WWF-Romania website.

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