ZAGREB, April 2, 2019 – As part of the LIFE Lynx project which has been launched to prevent the extinction of the lynx population in the Dinaric Alps, the BIOM association has called on citizens to vote on a name for the first of four lynxes to be released in the Risnjak National Park.
The lynx that will soon be released in Risnjak was captured in Romania on March 4 and there are currently five proposed names and the public is invited to vote for the best name at the following link,, BIOM said in a press release.
The LIFE Lynx project team in cooperation with the staff at the Risnjak National Park have proposed that the lynx be called Dora.
“The name Doru in Romanian means ‘needed’ and this lynx certainly is needed for the Croatian lynx population. The Romanian name has been suggested as a sign of our gratitude to our Romanian colleagues and experts who have donated the lynx through this project in an effort to expand Croatia’s lynx population,” the press release said.
The other proposed names are Grof, Furman, Max and Oskar.
Once the lynx is named and it will be released in Croatia, the animal’s movements will be under surveillance via a long-range telemetry tracking collar which will be able to locate the lynx’s several times during the day.
Croatia’s endangered lynx population is being researched with the assistance of photo-traps set up in typical habitat for the animal and scientists have so far identified 40 adult animals in Croatia, BIOM said.
More news about Croatia’s national parks can be found in the Lifestyle section.
