Saxony's lynxes are back in full numbers. In March 2024, Kuder Juno was the first lynx to be released into the wild in Saxony's reintroduction program near Eibenstock in the Westerzgebirge mountains and disappeared six months later - since then, there has been no evidence of him. Now the State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology has given the all-clear.
After increasing evidence of a lynx in the area between Freiberg, Flöha and the German-Czech border since the beginning of the year, there is now certainty. "With the help of a genetic analysis, the animal could be individualized: It is clearly the male lynx Juno," the state office announced.
The genetic material was provided by Juno's urine, which was found in the snow not far from the border near Flaje. The animal had previously been caught in photo traps. Based on the fur pattern, this had already pointed to Juno.
