The lynx Anton, who was released into the wild in the Westerzgebirge, is no longer alive. The one-and-a-half-year-old male was found dead near Schöneck (Vogtland), according to the State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology. The animal was lying in a field about 20 meters from the district road between Arnoldsgrün and Schilbach. According to the data and traces, it had been hit by a truck during the night or in the morning.
Anton was released into the wild on August 26 in the Eibenstock forest district in the Westerzgebirge. He spent most of his time in the forests between Eibenstock and Schöneck until his transmitting data was silenced forever. "He was in the process of staking out his own territory, gaining more and more hunting experience and bagged his first deer at the end of October," the state office said in a statement. It had also already caught a goat.
