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In Leyssard (Ain), a young lynx invited himself to a resident’s home. The meeting took place right outside his door. The female could be looking for a new territory. The department has around fifty lynx, a third of the total population in France.
The one-on-one with the, or rather there lynx, took place just outside the door of Romain’s house Barriot To Leyssard (Ain), on the edge of the forest, Thursday July 13. “It’s here that, Thursday evening, pass the first encounter with the lynx”he explains. Ain has around fifty lynx, one third of the total population in France. The videos that Romain took Barriot are a real gold mine for the association Apacefswhich lists lynx. Software scans each characteristic of the animal and compares them to previously identified individuals.
“We think he is less than two years old”
However, the female filmed by Romain Barriot does not appear in any database. The general appearance of the animal and its behavior allow however to draw some conclusions. “We think it’s a lynx that’s less than two years old. Such a lynx might be looking for new territory.”explain Taieb MessessesPresident of the association Apacefs. Whether there young lynx is still around, maybe she will pass in the field of vision of devices Pictures installed on the trees, which are triggered at the slightest movement. The chances, however, are minimal, because to find a territory unoccupied by other congeners, the characteristic of the species, a female is able to travel 150 kilometers.