Controversy over reintroducing the lynx in Europe | DW Documentary

[@om-nj2hw]

The irony of the hunter saying lynx's don't live on light and love before he's about to use some war grade weapons to kill some herbavore deers....

[@erikm8372]

Also, any hunters with concerns over biodiversity are completely clueless! All it takes is to Google or KZbin videos about wolves returning to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. When the wolves were gone, the elk and deer nearly destroyed the entire ecosystem single-handedly, by simply eating every plant that they could find. They weren’t being hunted by the wolves so they went on reproducing, and bears and coyotes don’t hunt large game to that extent. They scavenge off of wolf kills. When the wolves eventually came back to Yellowstone, the elk and deer were kept alert, focused, and on their toes, so they didn’t eat an entire area of vegetation. They were constantly on the move because of the fear of wolves, but the food kept them there anyway. They take their chances when it comes to survival! Having no predators means the herbivores reproduce with reckless abandon, unchecked, unregulated, and human hunters aren’t enough to sufficiently control overpopulated deer.

[@jansport0409]

The hunter complaining about joggers stressing wildlife had me laughing

[@thesilentone4024]

Its true and hunters do as well its documented there changing there behavior and starting to be more active at night just to get away from us and are cameras and the hunters.

[@anuradhahazarika5090]

@@thesilentone4024 the hunters outright kill the animals so it's quite ironic to hear them say that tho.

[@therealforeignwolf]

So the hunters killed the lynx in the first place just so they can go jogging?!?! these same "hunters" made the treadmill as well.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

​@@anuradhahazarika5090 Better they kill hundreds Time more and have negative impact on Biodiversity Health of prey population Specie population

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

​@@therealforeignwolf Lynx don't attack human, like ever. They will try any excuse no matter how stupid just to have a justification to kill protected or rare species. They already do that with eagle in englands. Wolves and Bears in Europe and us. Etc

[@whatsupbudbud]

Hunters kill 100k annually and they're worried about 3k dead from lynx. And that perverse feeling of despair in the hunter, lol. Cats are such beautiful creatures, so we owe it to our future generations to keep a healthy population that can sustain itself genetically. Hunting is a sport that won't even have a dent by allowing this active repopulation to succeed.

[@lomzaunfiltered9151]

I agree I also have nothing against hunting once done sustainably. I know farmers poison predators illegally where I’m from huge problem

[@deepeshmathuria]

@@lomzaunfiltered9151 humans have turned into worst possible versions of themselves over the last millenium

[@gothicgolem2947]

Hunting as a sport is disgusting people who do that should be in prison imo

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@lomzaunfiltered9151 when they hunt for fun that’s when I draw the line

[@bodamian_bg]

The lynxes are one symbol of a healthy environment. I'd do anything in my reach to support it. We owe it to Europe. Bravo for the film and salutations from Bulgaria *:)

[@bodamian_bg]

P.S. Leave the animals alone and HUNT EACH- OTHER! *:)~

[@quintinmason3723]

Wow how selfish of the humans to complain because Linx are doing what they do even tho it’s natural to them their the ones who lost their habitats

[@crispy-k]

How selfish of humans to complain because humans are doing what they do, even though it's natural to them. ;) Just a joke, but kinda true. I think the problem with a lynx in europe would be that there are just too many people packet too tightly together. And not that much nature. Thus reintroducing them could cause quite a lot of problems. Kids, cats, dogs, livestock etc... If we could make some spaces for them i think it would work and be fine. And personally i could say that i don't have kids, cat, dog or livestock so it's not going to affect me in any way. But i can understand that some are against it.

[@benghazi4216]

@@crispy-k Wait what are you on about? Kids and livestock? This isn't a lion...

[@thesilentone4024]

@@crispy-k they only kill 0.03% of there livestock or sheep. And we took there land and continue to do soo. Did you miss the part were theres soo little diversity there starting to inbreed. Mybe we are the problem not the animal.

[@Alejojojo6]

@@thesilentone4024 Are you going to pay for their losses??

[@thesilentone4024]

@@Alejojojo6 are you going to pay to reintroduce a animal because farmers can't figure out how to put up different kinds of walls so instead kill them to protect the very very few that do get attacked.

[@RaduManu]

We have a lot of them in the Romanian mountains! They don't pose threat to humans.

[@AAWW745]

Yes. And I’ve never seen one. They’re very shy.

[@dampcloth]

Where do you think they stole them from to reintroduce them in Germany?

[@Bananaman-hk6qw]

They’re cute.

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@dampcloth I woudnt say stole hey almost certainly had permission also lynx can repopulate themselves

[@obiwahndagobah9543]

@@dampcloth Lynx repopulate Germany from Switzerland and from the Czech republic. The Lynx that are introduced are the ones that were brought into the Palatinate forest and the Harz mountains. They were caught with permission in Switzerland and Slowakia. The Lynx in the Harz have probably also Scandinavian ancestors.

[@wishingonthemoon1]

As an American who moved to Austria, I was shocked at how removed the people are from nature here. They don’t feel much remorse wiping the animals out. I was talking to several Austrians, and they told me if bears get too close to cities, they just shoot them. I asked them about animal relocation services, and apparently they aren’t really a thing here… I’m happy to see this documentary shows people who actually care. Really, I grew up with bears, bobcats, and coyotes in my back yard. Those “men” need to grow a spine and learn to look at the big picture. Worry about the planet, not some trophy you get to put on your wall.

[@bobyoung1698]

"Predators don't just live on love and life. They survive on other animals." This guy read the Predator Manual. He knows his stuff.

[@damianchristie288]

I'm also supportive of reintroduction of the lynx but it would need to be done in a realistic way We also have a right to survive on other animals as we have done since neandatol we are carnivorous just like the lynx and should not be denied the right to interact with nature and be a hunter

[@Jimmy4video]

Hunters wondering what will happen if lynx numbers get out of control, while the lynx was hunted to extinction, has to be the hight of irony.

[@justahumanwithamask4089]

The irony of the hunters arguments.

[@jollyjokress3852]

Pro Lynx here. I live in an area (southern Rhineland-Palatinate) where there is a Lynx population. There is a current measure athe Rhine I know of which is a corridor that will be established so they can roam.

[@HASIB1313]

"Predators don't just live on love and life. They survive on other animals." so what do we call those who kill animals for fun and sports?

[@tjibbeettema8759]

orca's

[@lc1102]

Wow good point!

[@gothicgolem2947]

Murderers? Serial killers? Psychos?

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@tjibbeettema8759 they do it for instinct it’s different

[@S.Trades]

Animals.

[@dampcloth]

The title should say Germany, not Europe. Or Western Europe. The Lynx never went extinct in the Carpathians.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

They nearly did

[@somebodycalledme]

That's exactly why you want the lynx back: to drive hunters away!

[@BKKNOW1]

The Lynx has got more rights to be there than the hunters.

[@marpagapal3312]

Lol. The Lynx could be 20 meters away and the hunter wouldn't know...

[@lc1102]

Thank you ! Lynx is getting hangry >:)

[@string-bag]

Even in Canada to see lynx is rare, an event to remember.

[@surfside75]

I've seen a grey in Nevada mount Charleston.

[@makhetefall8003]

Excellent, thank you for your research and care about the lynx. WE need to do the same with the disappearing animals in Africa too. /// I was so happy to find this documentary. I sent it to my professor at Brandeis University.

[@DWDocumentary]

Hi @Makhete Fall! Thanks for watching and sharing. We're glad you liked the documentary!

[@lc1102]

Be quiet it's not always about you turd

[@larsonlevius1753]

@@lc1102 why u gotta be mean like that?

[@lc1102]

@@larsonlevius1753 CUZ IM THE GRUMPS!! 😾 😾 😾

[@gothicgolem2947]

@@larsonlevius1753 don’t listen to them

[@aliasqar5379]

it is rare to see one in Sweden as well but once I was lucky to see a Lynx crossing the E4. very smooth movement. During winter they have a thicker and brighter coat so it reflected the car-light back. majestic animal.

[@gothicgolem2947]

Wow amazing

[@elvenkind6072]

As far as I know Scandinavia is still part of Europe, we have lynx in Norway. They are like ghosts, more shy then any other animal.

[@058thegodfatherlwd]

And we shoot them like crazy in Norway, eventhough under EU law Norway has agreed to protect them. Disgusting Norwegian predator politics.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@058thegodfatherlwd That "..shoot them like crazy..." claim of yours is not correct. The hunting of lynx in Norway is monitored and regulated. A yearly quota is set due the rate of reproduction of the lynx. For 2021 was the quota set to hunt 83 lynx (max 32 female lynx). On the other hand ....what is said in the video, the heading and the added text information (claiming that the lynx has been wiped out in EUROPE) is just nonsense. If DW should post a doc on the issue a minimum should be to do their research first ....but they didn't. Really shabby work from DW....

[@058thegodfatherlwd]

@@Dan-fo9dk As a wildlife ecologist with a degree from the University of Bergen I would definitely say that Norway is shooting lynxes like crazy. Do you have any idea how pathetic it is that a country like ours does only have a population of like 500 lynx? There is room for an easy 2500 here, and yes then you can shoot some serious troublemakers but right now, with the lynx listed as endangered in Norway it is obvious that hunting should be completely stopped until the population has reached a healthy of level of around 2000 animals. Norway is just a deeply conservative country in this. Look at countries around us man, they all have higher populations of large predators and the European union is putting an effort into boosting all large predator populations up as we now know that they are so vital for the ecosystem. Norway should look around and start seeing the pattern, how can a country like Estonia have like 700 brown bears, 250+ wolves and 800+ lynx while a country like Norway only has a few of all of these because of some conservative sheep farming? Inexcusable to me.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@058thegodfatherlwd Well,well....I can't say I was overly impressed..... So a degree from Bergen university proves/certifies that you can say that the hunting of lynx in Norway is "crazy". Then I see where you come from with that kind of logic..... Dude ....if you think you are the only one with a university education you must find somewhere else to play. I was dealing with science and nature long before you existed on this planet. I took part in demonstrations against governments destruction/pollution of nature back in the 1970th. So don't come and bs me about your unique qualifications...ok.... There is no threat to the population of lynx in Norway. Then you oppose those who work with this on a daily basis. The population is monitored by scientists who advice the regulatory authority in the state. It is a political decision how big a population of lynx there shall be. It's a balance between interests of wildlife on one side and on the other side the interest of farmers and Sami reindeer herding. Norway's wildlife is not sitting isolated on an island. It is part of a much greater ecosystem that stretches through Sweden, Finland and into Russia. None of those countries has a settlement and farming pattern like in Norway - were people live everywhere and do their farming things.... That farmers livestock goes freely around in Norway's nature is very different from what they do in the neighbouring countries. When it comes to Sami reindeer herding so is it no indoor activity. Norway can seem large, but a significant part of it is used for reindeer herding .... from Hedmark in the south and then all the way up north. There is no correlation between the absolute need for food of a lynx and how many kills it does. When a lynx comes into a herd of sheep or reindeer it turns into a mass murder. There are to many examples of such. Just last week went one single lynx completely wild in a herd of reindeer and killed 17 of them ...that happened in Porsanger. The only crazy here seems to be your idealism .....which needs very much to be paired with some realism and reality update.

[@058thegodfatherlwd]

@@Dan-fo9dk first of all, thanks for stating that I am an idealist, that means that you agree with me that in an ideal situation the lynx population would be much higher than it is today. Second of all, the scientists that study lynx population in Norway work for the Norwegian environment agency NINA, and guess what? They listed the lynx as endangered in Norway, just go check it out yourself. But surely these stupid scientists, that have written down hunting and habitat loss as the main threats and spend years of their lives studying the animals are just stupid with no perception of reality. The tiny population of lynxes that we have in Norway, that is again being hunted down like crazy, is fragmented accros the country which could lead to inbreeding problems, similar to the Norwegian-Swedish wolf population. Which is in my opinion the biggest national embarrassment. Again I urge you to look outward for some inspiration, which is a thing that we are not doing. Do you really think that Norway is the only country that has big predators and grazing animals at the same time? And that the solution is either shoot or not shoot? Because I am here to tell you that there are so many solutions in between that Norway is not even considering. It is time for Norway to step away from the traditional conservative ideology of grazing animals and modernize. For example, we should stop just putting sheep and reindeer into natural areas and instead put them behind fences. Which is for example being done in Germany, Romania, Bulgaria and the Netherlands. In many of these countries the placing of these fences to protect the grazing animals from the big predators is fully subsidized and they are placed by a team of specialist. Other options are letting dogs or donkeys protect your animals, which is for example being done in the alps, and in Portugal. These dog breeds used in the alps could definitely also work here, but we are simply to conservative to try, because we we base things on this stupid thing called traditional methods. Have you ever read how other countries think of our hunting of predators? Because we are an international embarrassment. I mean while we are still shooting our big predators, Portugal and Belgium have recently reintroduced wolves in their countries, why do you think that is? The Netherlands, a country that is like what, 1/10 the size of Norway and is the most densily populated country in Europe still has a population of around 20-25 wolves and is thinking about bringing back the lynx, again why do you think that is? Why do you think Germany is trying to? As can be seen in this documentary. We in Norway are miles behind in the conservation of our precious nature. All because of some farmers not willing to adjust to the reality of the modern world. Have you ever read Feral: searching for enchantment on the frontiers of rewilding from George monbiot? Because he scientifically clearly explains in that book that sheep farming is a slow-burning ecological disaster. Now I am not saying that we should not take these traditional farmers into account, but we need to find solutions from the modern perspective, in which we acknowledge the value of these predators for the ecosystem and stop hunting them until the populations have reached healthy populations, for achieving this all we have to do is look at other countries in Europe and implement their strategies here, there is plenty of money available and the fact that countries like Estonia and Latvia can do it proves that it doesn't have to be that expensive. It is time to move forward, and stop looking backwards.

[@JasRaymond1]

The Hunters complaining about the lynx seems selfish to me .

[@benghazi4216]

These hunters are just too much. Someone needs to give them a reality check. Hunting deer will become harder?! What? We have Lynx, Brown Bears and Wolves in my country. Hunting deer is still like shooting fish in a barrel. They are uneducated fools.

[@f.mitchell5247]

I personally despise hunters

[@benghazi4216]

@@f.mitchell5247 That you shouldn't do. Who do you think takes care of larger invasive species? That is as much a threat to our ecosystems as our destructive nature, on the local level at least.

[@marpagapal3312]

Of course they are uneducated fools... They are hunters.

[@hillockfarm8404]

@@marpagapal3312 Hunting here requires a license for which you need to pass a year parttime course incl. theory and practice proving ability to shoot and identifying what you are aiming at before you shoot (incl. at least 20 silhouettes of birds in flight) and a lot of law stuff. The stupid don't pass the exam.

[@marpagapal3312]

@@hillockfarm8404 if one isn't stupid than why would he want to kill wildlife? The one on the video, afraid Lynxs would kill their hunt clearly is dumb.

[@RedactedcommentMan]

I am surrounded by bobcats and prey species populations are just fine. Also have puma, black bear, red/grey fox and red wolves. German hunters need to man up. Forgot coyotes

[@bodamian_bg]

You, show off, I envy sincerely. Sadly, this will never be possible in Europe..

[@ItsJefin]

Good for you Sadly my home surrounded by Tiger's, Leopards , Sloth bear and Elephants 2days ago herd of Elephants distroy our 70+ banana trees

[@NordicOpinion]

In Northern Europe Lynx are prett common. See tracks in the wild every so often.

[@marpagapal3312]

@@ItsJefin you shouldn't live there... Pretty obvious they were there first.

[@bodamian_bg]

@@ItsJefin ,Asian elephants R endangered (and hopefully protected) species exactly because of the human expansion onto their territory. P.S. much like almost every other animal species on the Earth...so don't they deserve to be let to live in peace also?

[@Daniel-Condurachi]

We have lynx in Europe. Not at all as we used to. But here in Romania, we still have them. Hopefully lynx population will increase in Romania as well and the woods would get better protection and management

[@nk53nxg]

We need Lynx in Scotland, we have a massive deer population problem here. They strip the hillsides bare of vegetation and prevent forest regrowth due to excessively high numbers and LACK OF PREDATORS. The problem with Lynx reintroduction in Scotland is the backlash from farmers who are a very very conservative bunch. However, offer them a subsidy and they may jump on board. Lynx probably will predate sheep, but if farmers adapt and employ gaurd dogs like the Swiss do then this may detter the Lynx from predating on them.

[@ioanpena]

You need wolves and bears !

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

I read a story about a farmer who had a problem with wolves injuring many of his cattle. Finally he realized that if he sacrificed one at the edge of his field every so often the wolves left his herd alone. It was cheaper and more environmentally conscious. He was willing to live with wolves, and the nice thing is that cows won't go wandering off too far if they smell a predator. Lynx like most predators don't need to eat every day provided they get a good meal once in a while.

[@ioanpena]

@@TheLunacyofOurTimes He needs guard dogs ...it is even cheaper !!! Romanian sheepdogs are trained to fight wolves and bears and they are bigger than wolves !!!

[@TheLunacyofOurTimes]

@@ioanpena The point is that he found a way to coexist with them.

[@ioanpena]

@@TheLunacyofOurTimes Yes ...the hunters tried to change the law to drasticly dimished the numbers of guard dogs of the sheppards so they can hunt more bears and wild animals to "protect" humans against the beasts...but the sheppards came to Bucharest and atacked the Parliament so the law did not passed !!!

[@PlutoniumDG]

0:30 The worried hunter is probably just worried about the future of his hobby lol

[@V3ritas1989]

WTF? a hunter fearing species diversity? Did that guy fail his biology class or what?

[@1u5t1n]

Dont't be amazed. We shot the golden eagles in Europe during the 70's or something because they ate the deers.

[@rikulappi9664]

Finland has a Lynx population of 2000-3000. Hundreds of lynxes killing raindeer or sheep are leagally shot every year. They eat young deer too, so deer hunters are not extremely fond of them. Bird hunters on the other hand love them since lynxes kill bird eating foxes. All in all 2000+ lynxes is not a problem in Finland, though sometimes a nuisance. A few dozens being a problem in Germany is a joke!

[@nk53nxg]

Farmers will make any animal into a villain if it can wrangle them some sort of subsidy or compensation? In Scotland the White Tailed Sea Eagle was villified by crofters saying it took all their lambs and that only compensation for loss of livestock would stop them persecuting the Eagles. However many lambs die on the hillsides as do the mothers, this is what the eagles take, already dead lambs. The farmers exaggerated the Eagles predatory behaviour saying they found piles of lamb bones under the nests and that they were seen flying off with adult sheep to make the Eagles into even bigger monsters to the public. A large fully grown female Eagle would probably just about lift a new born lamb into the air, an adult sheep is just a joke.

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@nk53nxg omg really?😂😂

[@nk53nxg]

@@linajurgensen4698 we also have beavers here in Scotland. They were illegally introduced to our largest river system 15 years ago (Tay river system), and have spread and done very well with no human in put. We had a legal introduction some years later in a place called knapdale on the South West, the illegally released beavers have had a bounty on there heads from farmers and fisheries, but the government made them protected with hunting permits for problem individuals. Again farmers are up in arms against them as they block small streams and drains to engineer the environment to suit themselves, just as humans do. The beavers do fell trees along the river banks, but they do target certain species that are edible to them and can usualy regrow after being polled. I understand farmers concerns but they are also the worst culprits for river pollution from fertiliser and slurry run off. Some fisheries even tried to tell the general public that beavers will eat the fish on the river, which is nonsense as they are entirely herbiverous. The fisheries were just hoping the general public were ignorant enough to believe this rubbish. Fisheries should want the introduction of beaver as they engineer the river system in such a way that biodiversity increases and therefore more and larger fish are available? Some of the people who run our countryside here are so out of touch it is a joke. We do have excellent farmers and game keepers here too, but it is so easy to be a bad one and more difficult to be a good one. Making room for wildlife is the key without impacting business like farms and blood sport estates, making them enemies only sets everything back, this is about human psycology as much as wildlife preservation.

[@susomedin5770]

There are a lot of countries in Europe that have a population of lynx.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

Yepp. The the title of the video and the statement within the first 20 sec of the video is just nonsense and shows just absolute ignorance.....

[@dampcloth]

The title should say Germany, not Europe.

[@kendallkahl8725]

The main reason female lynx wouldn't be in the region is roe deer are being over hunted. Their needs to be a moratorium on hunting to allow Roe deer to build their numbers.

[@marpagapal3312]

The farmer speaks of the sheep as he didn't kill their babies yearly...

[@bozidarduic9892]

There is a national park Risnjak in Croatia which is named after the linx (Croatian=Ris). Hope we can protect and maintain its population, as well as wolves and other predators.

[@commonground9915]

Thanks for making these high quality documentaries and news reporting. I’m so glad I found your channels. Greetings from Sweden.

[@samianssi]

The deer cannot settle in to woods, thanks to the lynx. HAhhahhaha dumbest thing ever.

[@gerdforster883]

The deer are more skittish if predators are around. The thing is, this is a good thing. Many german forests are overpopulated by deer. To the point where they negativly affect the trees.

[@michelrobra6999]

@@gerdforster883 exactly! Plus deer population change behavior, by avoiding or sticking to certain areas to feed. This leads in the long run to a more diverse landscape and plant varieties, who can host a more diverse insect, bird and small mammal population. It’s like the trickle-down effect, but of large predators! :)

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

​@@gerdforster883 Except they would stick to forest and not open area. Also nope thats stupid, and natural predators have a good impact on natural balance and prey density population.

[@takuan650]

Yes, I can relate to those grumpy, trigger happy recreational shooters. Must be frustrating having to share the killing fun with an animal that needs to eat.

[@thorium222]

Those black forest hunters are entitled selfish brats. They really think their hobby is more important than the survival of a species. We don't need hunters at all if we have enough wolves and lynx.

[@scottywills124]

Complaining about natural competition on the,.. road? I must say that sounds very selfish of him. He might be an older gentlemen but you should atleast be physically fit enough to actually go hunting in the forest like the rest of us. I'm sorry but maybe he should think about trying a new hobbie becuase hunting shouldn't be treated as such.

[@marianasalles242]

We need to leave forests snd habitats alone

[@ninhful]

Absolutely, and ban all hunting.

[@Kirt44]

So so happy to see i have such a beautiful animal so close to me hope there will be more in the future

[@m.pearce3273]

I hope it remains difficult for hunters as the roe deer they hunt need a Break

[@linajurgensen4698]

The hunter complaining about the lynx is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen. Germany has a huge wild boar and deer plague for decades now. There is so much game the hunters can’t even keep up with shooting them.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Because they CREATED that overpopulation. As long as there's lot of deer and boar People will accept Hunters. Even if most of what they kill is foxes and badger and birds

[@budawang77]

Funny how the hunter thinks he has more rights than the Lynx. The Lynx is trying to survive as a species while the hunter is just engaged in some kind of recreational/cultural activity.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Also the lynx help to restore and balance ecosystem. The hunter destroy it

[@somerandomfella]

Peoples selfishness disgusts me. Do people forget that we share this world with animals?

[@freshnez1666]

Ofcourse the hunters make it about themselves.This is about nature and balance.Lynx was in europe for a long,long time and thus it belongs here.

[@jimmyryan5880]

Why is it always meat producers complaining about animal rights. The guy is litterally a butcher. Hes basically a troll.

[@JORDANMANUEL21]

As long as the human (hunters) still alive, i think the lynx doesn't have a better future.

[@maximusultra1847]

Shame on the worries of pathetic hunters that lynx would drive away their sick passion of hunting .

[@jon_s]

"this SHACKLED lynx feels at home"

[@marcr9410]

I wish my wife would look at me like he looked at the lynx poop

[@jurepecar9092]

Lol, Germany ... I'm from Slovenia, we can offer you a couple hundred brown bears ;)

[@ktcooki276]

😂

[@nickpricekefwjF]

I am sorry but restoring diversity in animals is more important than humans hunting!! We have already destroyed the environment as humans in many ways

[@twiston43]

Switzerland reintroduced them two decades ago. The ones found in Germany most probably stemmed from Switzerland...

[@iSTAYuGO]

In Slovenia we have the life-lynx. Just love the cats.

[@maximusultra1847]

These stupid hunters forget its not their hunting ground it was Lynx's hunting ground before human occupation and they get angry over a lynx hunting to feed itself unlike pleasure driven hunting done by humans .

[@anonymousforever]

Well said!

[@dawnsparrow4477]

Taking care of wildlife is greatly attitude for reforms wild environments which acting positively for reforms forest environment ..nice video shared by excellent documentary( DW) channel

[@quintinmason3723]

They should focus on increasing biodiversity so everyone an have a meal

[@usernme-fx8rm]

That's what they're trying to do. Re introduce these animals for more biodiversity.

[@santosh_979]

Hunting in banned in India and for protecting tiger villages from forest reserves has been relocated. Logging is illegal in India.

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

Dozens of large wild animals native to Europe have gone extinct over the centuries in Europe because of hunting by Europeans as well as environmentally destructive practices in the name of "development". I am sure that sometimes in the past, probably thousands of years ago, Europe was home to Wildlife as diverse as those in East Africa today but they have all disappeared since. Colonial powers in Africa wanted to decimate the wildlife there through hunting, ivory trade etc. but thankfully colonialism ended and conservation efforts are bearing fruits in some African countries today. Even if you introduce these small mamals today, Europe will never recover its rich diversity of the past.

[@jollyjokress3852]

NO I don't think it was as diverse -- well I don't know but species diversity was not the highest in Europe due to ice ages where species became extinct.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

Can you name some of those animals that has disappeared/gone extinct "over the centuries in Europe"????

[@ksgrmdsdl2383]

@@Dan-fo9dk Start with the Big Five of Africa that had woolly equivalents in Europe.

[@jollyjokress3852]

@@Dan-fo9dk yes, there are a lot. A lot of insects have probably disappeared forever. I just don't think you can compare Africa and Europe since in Europe there was naturally a lesser species diversity compared to other continents. This has to do with the ice ages where the glaciers expanded south. At the alpine region for some species it was impossible to cross so a lot have not survived the ice ages. It is at least a fact that North America has a much greater species diversity than Europe because they were able to migrate south.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@ksgrmdsdl2383 So now you are on a different time scale. Your comment said "...over centuries..." going extinct due to hunting. That what was what I commented on. Which African wollen equivalent lived in Europe within the scale of centuries ago? ......and which of them were hunted to extinction...??? Maybe you have a bit to much fantasy......

[@NoLandMandi]

that hunter guy was amazing! re-introducing Lynx might make my hubby not so fun anymore! how about going to a deer farm and shoot them there? that's should be easier!

[@lucasjames7524]

We also should re-introduce wolves and mountain lions to Eastern North America, especially along the Appalachian Mountains. There has been a significant overpopulation of whitetail deer for decades, and the regeneration of the forest and many, many species of flowers, shrubs, and trees has been cut down to essentially nothing in many places. The forests are a shell of what they were. Predators are absolutely necessary for any mainland ecosystem, and without them, the constraint on herbivores becomes the ability of the plant life to sustain their numbers.

[@MsStorm351]

Protect your sheep with ‘large companion dogs “to protect the flock . The lynx have to eat too 😳.

[@puma30880]

So relevant to my desire to restore mountain lions to eastern North America outside Florida.

[@gherablimerzak5546]

It's horrible to feel them disappear in secret and silence

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

And grizzlies and wolves too

[@JavierFernandez01]

I think i saw one east of kings canyon national park. I pulled into a long country driveway. And stopped to read signs and maybe let let out the dog. I opened the door to look at the signs and as i do it pops out and bounces off. Huge ear tufts on a huge body. St Bernard like.

[@juanparacchini4772]

Government needs to control all animals and preserve good society and freedoms of all people and animals. Hunters should be heavily taxed. The money could be used to pay for parks and animals that they and others all worship and adore.

[@Spiritualwarfare587]

There is many of those wild cats in sweden over 1500 animals

[@Dan-fo9dk]

.....and then comes DW with a documentary and claim that the lynx has been wiped in Europe (see information written by DW under the headline for the video). They claim the lynx existence in Europe depends on the one lynx shown in the video.....hahaha.....

[@marpagapal3312]

There are no arguments against the reintroduction of Lynxs in Europe, only ignorance.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

"...reintroduction of Lynx in Europe..." Reality is that the lynx have been in Europe all the time. The title and introduction of this video is just nonsense and a show of ignorance. There has always been ....and is.... a solid population of lynx from Scandinavia in the north to Balkan in the south of Europe. So a single lynx within a dot of trees in southern Germany determines nothing. It's just ridiculous.....

[@marpagapal3312]

@@Dan-fo9dk when you reproduce wild animals in captivity with the intent of releasing them in the wild its called reintroduction. Even if the wild population isn't extinct yet.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@marpagapal3312 Nope. It seems like I have to repeat myself here. You obviously don't understand the meaning of EUROPE. One must expect that what is said from someone is also what they mean.....right... To your information is Europe a continent .....and not just a dot of land with a handful of trees in Germany. Lynx has never been even close to extinction in Europe. You don't reintroduce lynx to a continent where it always has existed. Read the title of the video and the added introduction below. DW writes: "Lynx......once called Europe home. Then, humans wiped out these native animals...." That is just nonsense... It has nothing with reality to do. In my country is there a yearly quota for hunting the lynx in order to avoid overpopulation. You can transport animals from A to B and release them in the wild, but you don't reintroduce them to a continent were it always has existed. So a minimum of accuracy, knowledge, geography and understanding of what terms really means is required.....

[@gherablimerzak5546]

Protect and help animals is my favorite hobbies even I'm not a vet but it's my wish to give the reste of my life for surviving what is endangered

[@atatsmail260]

hunters , should get a job And leave animals alone , Hunting should be eligible In all countries

[@atatsmail260]

Illegal

[@advityat]

Hunting should be more difficult! What's the point of an easy hunt?

[@PortmanRd]

12:41 "I'd be worried about species diversity." Totally ignorant and selfish prospective from a hunter.

[@santosh_979]

Kindly study project Tiger in India. Conservation work for protection of 300 kg animal in a country of 1400 000 000 people.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

So the outcome of a single lynx in a small forest area in southern Germany "can threatened the whole lynx population in Europe...". The video maker lost their credibility within 20 seconds from the start of the video. Is that a show of total ignorance or just absolute and total egocentricity. So a dot of some trees in southern Germany equals Europe .....what kind of understanding of Europe's geography is that.....??? There are countries with forests so large that one can hide all of Germany inside it. There are many countries in Europe with lynx..... from the Scandinavian countries in the north to the countries on Balkan in the south. Get real...... Edit: Now I noticed the title of the video .....and it is absolute nonsense.......

[@not-a-russianbot8845]

Yeah the title is misleading and factually wrong. It should instead read "reintorducing lynx into GERMANY" most of european lynx is in eastern europe

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@not-a-russianbot8845 Yepp.... I haven't counted the population of lynx in eastern-Europe and compared it with other areas. But I know for example that the Carpathian mountains span a large area through several countries and host a significant wildlife .... like lynx, wolfs, bears ...and maybe a mouse or two.... In the north of Europe with the Scandinavian peninsula + Finland + northwest Russia that make up the by far largest unbroken forest in Europe (...and which also is the western part of the world's largest forest.... the northern boreal forest) there you have all the above named species in solid numbers. In my country is there yearly given a quota for hunting lynx in order to prevent it to overpopulate.... But hey how can that matter when someone makes a video in between a handful of trees in southern Germany ....and call it EUROPE.... and determining..... obvious someone in a need for education..... haha....

[@chrislecky710]

Would be a better option to domestic cats, at least they probably wouldn't pray on small hedgerow birds that are already struggling from lose of habitat and a damaged food chain.

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Domestic cats are invasive species who destroy birds. Here we want to restore ecosystem and bring back species we killed. Lynx are deers Hunters who regulate deers and foxes and help a lot of species by doing so.

[@lucasjames7524]

There should be a "hunter season," in which deer are armed with mounted rifles on their backs pointing backward, and where fear or excitement triggers the gun firing back at the hunters as the deer run away.

[@nickiseb8910]

better and safer than wolves

[@rafski-travels-1984]

There are Lynx in Poland in the wild, Germany is too developed. You need some rustic charm and low human population for these animals to establish their territory. Everything is tracked nowadays with QR codes haha

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

Even developped country can have nature and large megafauna. It's simply matter of choiceeand if you're willing to make the effort to coexist with them or not

[@rafski-travels-1984]

@@deinsilverdrac8695 ： yes I admire your optimism reminds me of the Boserupian theory but in terms of increased technological innovations finding a way to live with nature ? But in reality is it like that ? I mean I am not a qualified ecologist but from what I’ve heard in the UK, then the state of the ecology in the UK is pretty bad compared to the 1950s let’s say, and it’s been on the news already. In terms of Germany well obviously Germany is on the mainland and the mainland has a greater Biodiversity to begin with. But to claim that we can live together with nature only goes so far because as it stands we have already changed the ecology drastically in European countries and I would argue with all the invasive species and a lot of ignorance through the last century I think we can’t really get it back to the same degree due to extinctions. So by that fact alone we have already denatured our European environments. I used to travel to Poland in the 90s and back then I could see the many insects buzzing in the street lights at night which is usually an indication of healthy untouched wetlands , but when I went back recently I couldn’t see as much, this could be the EU introducing different farming practices. Obviously America has much more hope due to how massive and untouched some places still are. Can we maintain it, yes obviously but that will take a huge effort to balance out capitalistic needs with the needs of nature which usually operates on a different system. I suggest you look up Bhutan’s economic policy and the state of their environment to gain inspiration. While you are at it please subscribe to my channel, 🙏

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

@@rafski-travels-1984 You do realise that it's happening in Europe as we speak. It's not optimism, i am quite pessimist. But the population of most European large animal and raptors are drastically increasing, each year more space is left by farmers and become natural again. We have thousands of wild horses and cattles, few thousands of bison, thousands of wolves, Lynxes, vultures and Bears, Ibex, chamois, and even few buffaloes and millions of beavers in Europe. Few decade ago nobody could've even hoped to see that. Yes some place are still degrading and there's still a lot of issue but actually on that point the situation get better. That doesn't mean everything is good, far from it. Birds, amphibians and insects population are dropping right now. There's overfishing and nearly no beach ecosystem, And there's about a million useless dam that block the rivers of Europe (but we destroy some each years). And turtles and seal population have increased by a lot and they're coming back to the beach as well as many sea birds. And EU already try to encourage New farming practice After decades of praising monoculture and pesticide. Actually the situation in US is maybe even worse actually. Simple question - where there's more wolves - wheres there's more Brown Bear Between us and EU. Awnser, EU, and they nearly went extinct a century ago, and we have way more people and denser population than in the US. Thats not optimism it's facts. And pessimism doesn't mean you can't be ambitious. Maybe gazelle, léopard, lion and hyena will roam some part of Europe in a few decades. There's good chance to see wolves and Lynxes in Scotland in next decades. We complain about how slow those change are, how incompétent and slow government are to allow rewilding. But the truth is that it's happening Anyway, just not as fast as it Could be. But thats for Europe, the situation is not as good in Africa, Asia, south America.

[@rafski-travels-1984]

@@deinsilverdrac8695 : ok you have a point as for the bottom of the food chain or the insects, seems to be a problem there, thanks for sharing

[@deinsilverdrac8695]

@@rafski-travels-1984 Yes thats the issue in Europe Microfauna. But Guess what The présence of megafauna help to boost the ecosystem and with it many species of small animals, plants and insects If you want to save the beetles you have to save the bison and horses. If you want to save the dragonflies and frogs you need to save the beavers.

[@gabrielinacio6331]

Wow, what an interesting film. Well, as I live in São Paulo Brazil and I've never been abroad, I just see these animals on the internet. I have no idea about it. Anyway hopefully everything is gonna be alright for everyone, I mean people and animals.

[@potmej1]

I always wanted an Atari Lynx, so I think that with the right advertising budget it should be no problem to reintroduce Lynx in Europe...

[@MiggsMultiple]

Not if it's anything like the Atari Lynx...

[@PureVikingPowers]

Lynx has always been here in Sweden

[@celticwarrior777]

i dont agree with introducing predators that are a risk to humans its insane

[@hubertdenise3100]

There has never been one attack by a lynx in Europe, and they have a right to be here.we don’t have a right to remove creatures because we’re scared of what might happen.Besides, humans kill each other the most, so if you go by that logic remove people then.

[@WebColorsGr]

We want to bring them back to Greece too but nothing so far. But we will make it in the end...

[@gostavoadolfos2023]

Not an important cause to me but the argument against the reintroduction of lynx are epic BS.

[@kevinfrankham2219]

The hunter moaning about the lynx hunting ... Pot... Kettle..

[@sancho7863]

Pretty much most large organisms on earth including humans don’t have much of a future. It’s ok, though, this was always going to happen

[@marpagapal3312]

The ones who overlive us will be Ok. The problem is the ones we have already extinct and will extinct until we extinct ourself. Earth will be OK. Crabs will take it back.

[@danielbalcan6270]

The hunt of wild animals for its trophies should be totally forbidden! The over-population of wild animals should be controlled only by state agents and the human access to the natural parks should be under higher surveillance. No vehicle with noisy and disruptive means of motion should not get even close to wild animal environments. If not, one day will be just humans around here or neither they.

[@Ronny.81]

Do you not realize humans hunt animals for food,some people like eating organic wild meat and not something that comes in plastic packaging.

[@danielbalcan6270]

@@Ronny.81 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ronny.81]

What's funny is your lack of knowledge of the outdoors.

[@cmainger3140]

If we hunted the to extinction then we should reintroduce them back into the wild... when one thing is removed it causes issues further down the chain of life.

[@AAAskunk]

WE NEED TO RELEASE MORE PREY SUCH AS HARES, hares will wear they bobcats out so they hunt less other animals. you need to massively increase deer population, opening up territories is essential to having more wildlife access all around the country and Europe. This involves coordination with transport agencies who block access and create huge hazards without any regard for the wildlife there, how easy is it to build an under/overpass? Plus we should not be building outwards only upwards and below.

[@marpagapal3312]

No, you need predators. That's what will develop a healthy prey population. We destroyed it killing the predators and we can only repair it reintroducing the predators. Bears included.

[@hillockfarm8404]

@@marpagapal3312 Check latest papers by David Mech. Population is predator driven i.e. just like any species predators will multiply untill the food runs out. Leaving no prey population and empty forests prone to fires due to plenty of tinder not eaten as young green plants. Large part of Siberia wolves hunted out now burn every summer, Alaska with a large wolf population burns every summer, American mid west is heading that way. End of the last ice age the wolf lost its competition that ate them also, hunted and multiplied rapidly and fires increased ... If you want empty forests and fires, yes then large predators unchecked will do that. You want diversity in species of plant and animal, then we'll have to step in like we have done for thousands of years. All documented periods we didn't nature suffered. Yes we screw up, but disconnecting ourselves from nature is not going to improve things for most species and that will also hurt us. We are part of the ecosystem that is planet earth, let's please stay connected to it and be part of it.

[@Bananaman-hk6qw]

Here in the Amersfoort area (city in The Netherlands) we have a lot of overpasses called ‘Ecoducts’.And we are building a lot more across the country.

[@Dan-fo9dk]

@@Bananaman-hk6qw I guess there aren't much left of predators in the Dutch-land, given it's dense population. At most is fox the top of the predator line...???

[@Bananaman-hk6qw]

@@Dan-fo9dk Yes, but i think we are dealing very well with our nature. And there are lots of projects to enhance our nature. ( btw sorry for my English) and there are plenty of predators out there, and they are increasing by the day. In short: we have not so much land, and a pretty dense population, but we're managing our nature rlly good in my opinion.

[@hirogochitomayto7018]

Diversity is our strength also applies for animals and nature

[@eartheclipse9623]

that is the typical attitude of a hunter, nothing else is allowed to kill to survive because they lose their sport, they don't eat the deer they kill, it gets wasted. this whole documentary is viewed from a sport hunters point of view which is selfish and totally unnatural as it puts humans above all else. I mean really he's complaining that new movements is allowing for biodiversity and regeneration which makes his hunting harder...tough, shouldn't be doing it for sport anyway. really surviving on life and love...does he think that's what humans do? oh, the irony when said by a gunpowder-loaded hunter that is totally unnatural.

[@harukrentz435]

Introduce leopard and wolves too.

[@stefanleu9246]

The lynx is well established in Switzerland since 40 years and does only good to the ecosystem. Hunters don't loose a thing, there are still to many deer and roe-deer damaging forest regeneration. Thus the question is rhetoric at the best, German hunters are far too extreme and need to be re-educated. The task of the hunter is far more guarding nature!

[@santosh_979]

India has more than 2000 tigers

[@midknight1968]

First train the so called human those animals are fabulous but look how they treat pets, can you imagine the Wild?

[@ashtton_tapiwa]

of course the hunters want the roe deer to themselves

[@omega4chimp]

It might eat the deer that live their.

[@om-nj2hw]

Cats have no choice but to eat other animals, humans on the other hand have a choice... Maybe go a little bit more vegan, hunt less deer and let the lynx do what God designed them to do.

[@jazzypoo7960]

The vegan diet tried to kill me.

[@om-nj2hw]

Then you didn't do it right, and I said a little more vegan, meaning eating less meat in general.

[@jasonbeneke4710]

the Lynx was discontinued in 1995. it's been over for them for decades now, where the hell have u guys been? i mean, honestly, get ur act together, DW... 😏😏😏

[@Dan-fo9dk]

What does "over for them" mean....??? There are plenty of lynx around in Europe..... So DW is totally in the ignorant corner in this video....

[@ramthian]

🥰👍

[@arifkhan3946]

Don't manipulate the nature

[@rabindrapalai9672]

Death sure one day understand boys or Girls.

[@yellowbhee7220]

Hunt down to extinction?

[@jessidavies3344]

Win the lotto educate people save the environment end political matters peacefuly ! One Lonly Planet!