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Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025 and landscapes of the Earth’s arctic and subarctic regions The Iberian lynx safely rescued last week from a tree in the town of Úbeda in the Jaén province of Andalucía is Sotillo and he was released last year in Sierra Arana This has been revealed by Junta de Andalucía sources after technicians analysed the radio tag carried by the wild cat which is still recovering from his ordeal in the Iberian lynx breeding centre at La Olivilla At the facilities located in the town of Santa Elena professionals are also monitoring its condition they must "reduce its level of stress" in order to decide on the next steps to take until it is returned to the wild "The fact that he climbed the tree is a common reaction when they are frightened from the point of view of the lynx population study it shows something very important and that is that two lynx population areas are being connected," explained the regional government These are "already consolidated" in Sierra Morena Oriental - in the province of Jaén near Úbeda - and "the one that is being created in Sierra Arana" The latter is "a relatively new reintroduction area where lynx have been strategically released since the end of 2022" seven females and a cub from one of the females Sotillo is one of the specimens introduced in Sierra Arana as part of Life LynxConnect a programme that also seeks to interconnect the different lynx population centres in Andalucía Extremadura and Portugal and which is reflected The lynx - born in a breeding centre and one of the five released in Iznalloz on 19 December 2022 - had already been seen on Thursday in the area near the cemetery in Ubetza The town council notified the regional Ministry of Sustainability once it was confirmed that it had left the town centre towards the open countryside on Friday it appeared perched in the tree of a house in Colonia de San Rafael and given the protection of this endangered species the Junta de Andalucía set up a rescue operation with members of a specialist team These experts in lynx conservation in the region travelled to the site which was cordoned off due to the "stress" that the specimen could suffer and where other services such as Local Police and fire brigade were also present an attempt was made to get it down from the tree by placing a trap with live rabbits while awaiting the arrival of a veterinarian from Huelva who is also part of the lynx protection programme finally used a tranquiliser dart to be able to rescue him safely and transfer him to the La Olivilla Iberian lynx breeding centre Comentar es una ventaja exclusiva para registrados please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent Spain (Reuters) — Five Iberian lynx have been released into the wild in southern Spain last month as part of an expanding breeding program aimed at conserving one of the world’s most endangered feline species with distinctive long black ear tufts will be free to reproduce and populate the mountainous Sierra Arana area in the Andalusian province of Granada “It’s the specific objective of this project to create a reintroduction area here,” regional program coordinator Javier Salcedo said “It’s another milestone for this project.” Iberian lynx were on the brink of extinction due to poaching road accidents and encroachment on their habitat by farming Only 94 specimens were registered in Spain and none in Portugal at the time the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded the threat level to ‘Endangered’ from ‘Critically Endangered,’ which Spain’s Environment Ministry said was thanks to the ongoing conservation efforts the Iberian lynx population in Portugal and Spain rose above 1,000 at the end of 2020 In Andalusia alone there are currently 522 Iberian lynx in different population nuclei of the region director of the regional forest and biodiversity department As a region it has been able to multiply by five the critical census we had 20 years ago,” he told reporters after the release of the five wild cats In order to be classified as non-endangered the Iberian lynx population would need to exceed at least 3,000 according to the WWF international wildlife preservation group Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting © 2025 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun Figures just released from the National Institute of Statistics show that 24 of the 30 poorest places in Spain are in Andalucía headed by El Palmar de Troya in Seville province where the average per capita income is 6,785 euros a year All five of the municipalities with the lowest income are in this region: Apart from El Palmar de Troya with an average annual income per inhabitant of 7,036 euros the five wealthiest places with more than 2,000 inhabitants are in other regions of Spain: in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) the average annual income per capita is 26,009 euros; Matadepera (Barcelona) 22,806 euros; Boadilla del Monte (Madrid) 22,224 euros; San Just Desvern (Barcelona) 21,510 euros and Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona) 21,304 euros Going back to the municipalities with the lowest income per head the 24 in Andalucía (not counting those already mentioned) are Arboleas (Almería) annual income is under 7,860 euros per inhabitant The lowest is Arboleas (7,429 euros) and the highest is Guarromán (7,856 euros) the data for 2020 published by the INE shows that 83.3% of municipalities in Andalucía are among the 25% with lowest income in Spain in other words under 10,393 euros per capita per year 88.8% of places in the Basque Country are among the 25% of those where incomes are highest