The Plight The Plight of the of the
European European CarnivoreCarnivore
The Plight The Plight of the of the
European European CarnivoreCarnivore
•Iberian Lynx•Eurasian Lynx•Brown Bear•Grey Wolf
European European CarnivoresCarnivoresat Riskat Risk
Habitats threatenedHabitats threatened
Food source decliningFood source declining
Fur marketFur market
Road accidentsRoad accidents
Habitats threatenedHabitats threatened
Food source decliningFood source declining
Fur marketFur market
Road accidentsRoad accidents
Why Why Lynx?Lynx?
• HuntingHunting• HuntingHunting• HuntingHunting• Hunting Hunting
Why Why Bears?Bears?
……and traditional and traditional medicinesmedicines
Bear bile
Bile powder
• Loss of Loss of HabitatHabitat
• Persecution by Persecution by Humans Humans
• Spread of Spread of diseases from diseases from domestic dogsdomestic dogs
Why Why Wolves?Wolves?
AssignmentAssignment
• Pick one example of an Pick one example of an endangered European endangered European CarnivoreCarnivore
• Find 3 examplesFind 3 examplesof populationof populationrecovery projectsrecovery projects