Reintroducing Europe's Wildest Cat | Seven Worlds, One Planet | BBC Earth

[@ВячеславПлетнев]

A conservation program to save the rarest cat on the planet, that’s a legacy worth saving. Thank you for your hard work!!!

[@hdgzhvfrujve9986]

Rarest?

[@ВячеславПлетнев]

@@hdgzhvfrujve9986 Rarest

[@newkat3731]

@@ВячеславПлетнев not rarest.

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@ВячеславПлетнев it’s not the rarest, Scottish wildcats are the most endangered with only 80 individuals left

[@ВячеславПлетнев]

@@theotheseaeagle Thank you ...

[@declanwk1]

its fantastic to hear some positive conservation stories. Well done to Spain for reintroducing the beautiful Lynx

[@Safirajuro]

And Portugal as well

[@sivispacemparabellum395]

@@Safirajuro C'omon my friend, you know very well they think Portugal is Spain even though Portugal (Country) exists almost for a 1000th! years? 😅 Saudações Alfacinhas (Lusas) ✌️

[@Safirajuro]

A pior parte é que Portugal é mais velho do que Espanha por mais 200s anos e mesmo assim para eles é tudo o mesmo.... Saudações!

[@sivispacemparabellum395]

@@Safirajuro Verdade! Infelizmente nós portugueses temos fazer o dobro ou triplo para obtermos o mesmo crédito (reconhecimento) que outros e isso será uma coisa que nunca irá mudar! Mas uma coisa é certa, faz-nos ter ainda mais orgulho pelo que é nosso! 💪

[@fallxngtearsx1025]

Portugal also.

[@SlowToe]

My God they are stunning looking animals

[@mattiasantangelo9421]

Yeah I agree, one of the most beautiful creature on the planet

[@gangista1]

Fr

[@dvdbox360]

"HOLY SHIT just look at that thumbnail"

[@cmarq817]

We love the Iberian Lynx. Keep them safe! 🇵🇹

[@Whyarewehere53]

My 9 year old and I just watched this. I was telling him conservation is so important to our planet and we need to ensure these beautiful cats don't become extinct.

[@rsquareaaron1094]

Not only cats...all creatures

[@Whyarewehere53]

@@rsquareaaron1094 that goes without saying

[@dibdap2373]

What happens when these cats grow in population and become bold enough to enter human homes and take children as an evening snack? Let's be careful because we are so far removed from nature that we forget that it is dangerous and we forget what it means to be on the menu of another predator. These cats look big enough to take a baby from its pram.

[@joanrosello4579]

@@dibdap2373 maybe in wild areas, not in spain or portugal (their only location around the world)

[@TokageSan]

@@dibdap2373 That's relatively unlikely as most wild animals will want to stay away from humans. A cat the size of a lynx will want to remain invisible to a human (rightfully so if you ask me) but giving the benefit of the doubt, the animal will have to be on the brink of death from starvation and is desperately trying to find food for it to even think about going after people for food

[@Domlik1]

It's sad how we humans push animals to almost being extinct only to realize what we are doing is wrong when it's almost too late..

[@allmightoneforall1338]

@Astro Bastro no we don't humans have caused hundreds of different species to go extinct

[@jetjazz05]

@Astro Bastro Sure but we'll be the cause of the death of 50% or more of the life forms on earth lol.. that's pretty drastic even in evolutionary terms. Not saying anything will change that, but it is a sad and true fact.

[@jaysonthorne3336]

I got news for you...its already too late..in the next 10 years all the big cats will be gone...as will elephants, bears, most sharks and others.

[@dibdap2373]

@@allmightoneforall1338 Other animals also cause animals to go extinct. Animal species have been going extinct for a lot longer than we have existed. Most of the time the cause of extinction by humans isn't done out of malice, it's done by how we shape the natural world to better suit our own needs. It's just inevitable that when one species is successful others die off and that is how it has been since time immemorial. We are THE only species in the world that try to protect animals and ensure their survival. I'm so sick of seeing people trash humans like they're a stain on the world. Many do care and it's pretty clear that we do. But why take it as an opportunity to hate ourselves when we've contributed positively more than at any other time in our own history let alone the history of the planet as a whole.

[@jetjazz05]

@@jaysonthorne3336 lol, right? By the time boomers can admit there's a problem literally 80% of large animals will be gone that were here in the 80s. Denial is one hell of a drug.

[@pacoramon9468]

Lynxs look really majestic.

[@shadypinesma8909]

Thank you for your hard work and effort, to bring these beautiful cats back from the brink of extinction. 🌎💞💕🌏😘

[@Hingsi]

Great job everyone for taking the remarkable initiative of saving the endangered lynx.

[@jmpiconm]

By now (2023) there is an aproximate population of more than 1700 linxes in the wild, and ever since the start of this reintroducing project more and more areas are being populated with them. This very year 2 more regions have a small number of lynxes which hopefully might be the seed of new populations. It is being an extraordinary effort and it's a pride for all spaniards and portuguese

[@superfly19751]

Thank you for helping these magnificent cats

[@Madfattdeeb]

That is, hands down, one of the most beautiful animals I've ever seen!😮🥰

[@hakunamatata-fg5ky]

That lynx bouncing away without even looking back was pure satisfaction

[@lauramac90]

So cute ❤

[@zachb8012]

I have high hopes for the youngest generation. Maybe they'll care enough about preserving the earth's ecosystems to come together around fixing the problems created by those who came before them. Earth should be a verdant paradise, not an industrial desert, and I think it comes down to what we value as individuals.

[@borizovskimilan]

Watching the younger generation I must say I have a more pessimistic views.

[@isoinic9141]

Sustainability student here. We can try, but it is surely not easy. But as long as it is not impossible to do something against it, people will do something against it. And in my opinion more and more people are starting to change things, it is starting bottom-up

[@borizovskimilan]

@@isoinic9141 more and more people, that is the major problem. There are more and more people on Earth...there more and more people sho do not care and vice versa.

[@isoinic9141]

@@borizovskimilan even on a planet with 100 mio humans it would be possible to destroy the environment. It is less about how many people there are, but more about how they behave and how they are doing business. Pure rationale, cooperation would be the best solution to it, but this probably won't happen on its own terms.

[@Ratraccoon]

Many of them eat tide pods and or have gender dysphoria and won't even preserve their genitals. They will waste their money on that instead of donating to conservation efforts. To make matters worse their prescription hormones will put chemicals in the water that will turn the freaking frogs gay.

[@californiacondor4887]

The Iberian Rabbit Society: We are doing everything we can, literally sacrificing our lives to help this cat survive! 🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷

[@hakunamatata-fg5ky]

First,the humans now the lynx.

[@hazezilezikill3908]

Just send this cats to Australia....millions of rabbit 🐇

[@Lina-wr1fn]

@@hazezilezikill3908 Australians kill cats 💀😿

[@zeminoid]

@@hazezilezikill3908 Or send the rabbits to Spain.

[@nadiahope1175]

This is indeed the most beautiful cat in tne wild!!!! 💓

[@robespierre466]

Thats because they are Spanish 😏😏

[@ianyan265]

By far..the most handsome cat I Ever seen

[@1fty]

Nature and wildlife is precious. We must do all we can to protect and conserve them!

[@bridge4]

Humans are so awesome ... at destroying everything

[@BITARTEN]

In thid case humanos saving Life

[@Steven-nd2lw]

@@BITARTEN after humans destroyed it all

[@MaeV808]

Low key the reason why we've had uptics of pandemics 😅.

[@torchictheballoonmollie7135]

Ikr

[@M7hero]

Good at whinging too

[@samueloh12345able]

Damn, humans just ruining like every other life.

[@sluttymctits4496]

Hey, give us some credit. We're pretty adept at destroying our own, as well.

[@katesoloman413]

We should just eradicate all animal and insect and plant life. Then no worries. And yes I am being very sarcastic.

[@eypick6987]

Kate Soloman, no. You’re onto something... Let’s do it! No animals, no plants, no worries! Can’t cry about endangered lynx if there are no endangered lynx! This is one helluva concept!

[@pigeonfowl474]

@@eypick6987 stuk tbh

[@MikhaelAhava]

Why not? Want us to be cavemen, heck, even they caused extinction. So let’s kill all humans.

[@danielborbajo4185]

God Bless those people who care about lynx and other endangered species, I pray that you have all the support, spiritual strength and passionate dedication to continue in your valuable effort in saving the species endangered or not. I wish that more persons like you should propagate, because people who value wildlife nowadays are getting rare. Thank so much and take care always.

[@wildcatfamily3533]

A truly amazing feat by many dedicated individuals over many years to ensure the recovery of this wild cat headed for certain extinction. Just for info, this Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) is a separate species and genetically distinct to the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) that occurs in the rest of Europe.

[@keithwhite5657]

Beautiful creatures its amazing what theses programs do to help certain species return to the wild .

[@Trathaal]

I love how they look a bit like a rabbit when running; tiny tail up in the air, leaping, muscular legs.

[@logicalthinker8418]

What are you talking about? A cat looks nothing like a rabbit. My cat's favorite food is rabbit.

[@prashanthn9192]

It got great beard than mine !

[@tazboy1934]

Ho ho ho

[@tasnimkeddo5548]

Я Россия 🇷🇺 я нет кат

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Simplesmente lindo o Lince Ibérico ...não se pode perder!! Os esforços tem sido grandes e com algum sucesso...no entanto ainda há quem não reconheça a importância desta espécie....são mesmo uns grandes saltadores Invulgares ...as patilhas estão um must!!

[@brkenthewolf2448]

3:58 PARKOUR LYNX

[@СемёнГорбунков-ч8к]

What good fellows! Such beauty must be preserved.

[@crasnasiretel7795]

Beautiful animal. Save him!

[@liliaaaaaaaa]

Such beautiful, agile creatures, I love the beautiful lynx, it makes me sad it has suffered so much. It's good now efforts are being made to support its numbers now. 🙏✌

[@Hugomad2]

I remember see them in Portugal when I was little! Then they became less and less as wild rabbits disappeared too! I hope you can stop their possible extinction

[@mikeyd946]

Such a beautiful cat 🐱

[@Jrãgaoh]

God bless everyone involved helping these animals thank you ❤

[@Netbase2000]

Such a beautiful animal

[@KeeplookingUP777]

Simply wonderful conservation! How Beautiful the Lynx! 💖

[@cristinaabilleirafotografia]

The documentary is very good 👏👏. There are very complicated images to record. We also recorded and photographed the Iberian lynx😺 and to record 5 minutes you have to spend many days in the bush. We have to keep this animal from becoming extinct, and in its habitat one of the biggest problems is roads and accidents, every year some lynx die. 😥

[@Hubert99999]

Their agility is stunning! Wow

[@TheTrickr1]

What a Beautiful Cat!!

[@manu43]

Glad to see BBC Earth in Spain.

[@pacoramon9468]

2:23 The cutest pest.

[@tonyfernandes3557]

The linx is also being introduced successfully in southern Portugal!

[@andrewyerian214]

They're absolutely beautiful. Keep up the conservation efforts 😊

[@Uriiii.]

Save the lynx !!! Beautiful creatures ❤️

[@smugbugs7031]

WHAT can we do to help these poor Lynx’s??? 🥺🥺😭 Edit: i didnt see the whole video before i wrote this but damn i got so happy too see they are helping them!! 🧡Thats what they deserve since we humans dont take care of our world 🙄

[@maecka]

Its so real!

[@pedrocsantos8]

Not only in Spain, Portugal also have a population of iberian Lynx!

[@asadattayyem2637]

Good for the lynx and Portugal!

[@clementjefferylarbi1998]

4:32

[@waldourbina1258]

The women mentioned that just pay attention porcho!!

[@arturturkevych3816]

@tusoi Unpero I'm surprised it let you pet it and didn't run away

[@brasspick]

Maybe some of the Spanish and Portugese Lynx can be swapped to ensure a healthier gene pool.

[@InsideTheDogWorld]

I love this channel so much! Such majestic footage!!

[@guardiandown3498]

Thanks for the conservation program♥️

[@amitgondane6418]

Humans needs to protect this beautiful cat

[@blackwolf9893]

Such beautiful majestic animals! Cats are my favorite, they have such an allure and mystery about them like no other animal does, the lynx especially! 😍🤗😻🐯🦁🐈🐈🐈🐾🐾🍄❤️💙💛

[@rafrobca6488]

Where I live we've got lynx crossing point signals to be aware of. I live really close to Doñana, one of the places with the most of Iberian lynx population

[@c.james1]

Saw one of these beauts in the wild, though it was a Eurasian Lynx (not Iberian), in Sweden, I'll never forget it!

[@ethanbailey5636]

2022 update: There’s over 1100 of these guys now!

[@prantamdhazrat6648]

What a Beautiful creature !

[@skywatcher1972]

Thanks to Portugal, especially, for breeding and releasing these cats back into the wild. I love this image ; 2:47 ] -- a lovely cats in a lovely environment. Pls keep it, Pristine, on the Iberian Peninsula . . .

[@kevinperera1320]

Rather say thanks to Spain there weren't none left in Portugal a fews years ago Spanish governments have done a lot to bring them back 👍what's fair is fair mate

[@lunarisita26]

@@kevinperera1320 It's incredible how portuguese people really think they did anything at all, literally spanish associations asked the eu for the money, and all the work was made in Spain, it's even amusing.

[@joniajam3045]

I am a zoology student. watching from Bangladesh. 👌👌

[@crookedpaths6612]

Good luck saving the Sundarban tigers.

[@CarlosCastillo-zf5fb]

I'm a dentist. Watching from Spain

[@SKKEarth]

Wow amazing video my friend.great capture.i like it.thanks for sharing this.great channel

[@renaturezalife1001]

Very beautiful and curious animal👍

[@annaprashanbiswal1848]

Wonderful conservation story

[@karenpiotte90]

They are truly beautiful! Sad there are so few. Like all animals that have no habitat because there are too many humans!

[@sivispacemparabellum395]

*Two beautiful Countries united for a beautiful cause!* Well done PORTUGAL and SPAIN. 🇵🇹🇪🇸💪

[@krossbim3443]

Actions like these need to happen to all endangered species

[@johnevans6474]

I’ve only ever seen one, unfortunately it was ( dead ) on the side of the road in a National Park in central Spain. Couldn’t stop and photograph it, as there were NO lay-by apart from one picnic area in the whole Park. The road was brand new, and apart from one Lorry Drive coming around a bend on our side of the road be hardly saw another vehicle !

[@TimeTheory2099]

Thanks BBC earth 👍

[@FarhanSwaggy]

This cat now thinks she is a lion,

[@asadattayyem2637]

In its agility and other aspects she's even superior to lions!

[@MartsEntertainment]

But in her inability to work in a group as a team, or adapt to water, teach their young to hunt water buffalo, elephants, but they’re definitely phenomenal and worthy of protection efforts in celebration of their own awesome traits!

[@shivasrinivasan80]

@@MartsEntertainment Tigers can a lot of that better and do it alone. So maybe she thinks she is a tiger.

[@arturturkevych3816]

@@MartsEntertainment oh yeah. Spain has plenty buffaloes and elephants. This lynx is also very small. Looks larger than in real life

[@logicalthinker8418]

I see a tiger in every cat. Every cat is great!

[@Pantheragatos]

They sure are beautiful cats

[@macmarles3243]

The reintroduction of the species in other areas has allowed the population to rebound and grow to 1110. Still endangered but not nearly as bad as they were.

[@seahyongsen5670]

Gracefully wild!👍👍👍

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

Thosnis a beautifil cat, amd a great video! Great work! Thanx for posting.,

[@paullandry5594]

What a gorgeous cat!

[@Fadedecho1]

It's become a very sad world. Humans are destroying our planet. Our wildlife. This cat is stunning. I'm so waiting for this show... awesome footage

[@STNG17-]

Those badass cats have wonderful beards lol

[@Erick_Lins]

I love! ❤❤❤

[@prashanthkrishnappa3625]

Same like us all the animals in this world has right to live peacefully

[@a_v_a_t_a_r9146]

Lots of love from India❤️❤️

[@banamigo5356]

If this documentary was released in 2019, it would be excepted that the BBC would portrate the number and distribution of Iberian Lynx correct. They are not just in Southern Spain. There are around 300 lynx in Portugal, with an already stable population in Guadiana valley and Alto Alentejo since at least 2017-2018. There are not being just put in Portugal in 2019. In fact there are no longer in the critically endangered status.

[@styx5131]

If the Lynx population was stable, they would've controlled the rabbit population without human intervention. If we only knew how pivotal a role each, and every living organism plays to our own survival.... We would of never let it get this bad. Bees are a prime example... Lose the bees, no pollination, no plant growth, and we lose 1/3 of our food. Open your eyes people... Respect this beautiful planet in which we live. Before we destroy that as well!

[@--Paws--]

I remember that lynx kittens tend to commit fratricide, they kill their sibling. Usually the Iberian lynx can give birth to a pair of kittens or just one, but when 2 or more are born one lynx kitten will kill the other.

[@danielgorzelniak3209]

They deserve to go extcint then

[@danielgorzelniak3209]

@@Fgway ye im sure the kittens knew it. Dont argue,let them die off.

[@reyleonoras195]

Hoomans do that too in china,etc

[@logicalthinker8418]

I think it's instinctive. Animals can sense that they're sick or something's wrong. Cats don't do this when they have all the resources (prey, shelter, territory) they need to survive.

[@juangarrido7430]

@@logicalthinker8418 It's the same with the golden eagle just one chick usually survives

[@woolypuffin392]

Sadly in Switzerland, every time a bear or wolves are settling down, stupid old people call out to shoot them down again. I hate living here, Switzerland is so behind with everything.

[@Undivided-X]

That's sad. Have there been any bear or wolf attacks on people or livestock in recent times to justify this fear?

[@Kaefer1973]

@@Undivided-X Even without looking it up I'd assume so, there is quite some livestock in the Alps, and the mountains don't always allow for fences.

[@VikramRai]

The iberian lynx is one of the critically endangered cats on earth. Please save these creature, we can't save these creature then they extinct from our planet. The conservation doing people's are one of the super heroes of earth.. please save the iberian lynx 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DarkRobin67]

Looks like one of the godfathers of all cats

[@ricwhite612]

lived in southern spain for 10 years, saw one once climb the mountain. have 6 cats 1 mum but different fathers and one of them is a bit lynxy

[@amazingantsmb1028]

Wooow What a beauty 😁

[@detronixt4915]

Theres a reproduction centre In Portugal which is breeding iberian lynx to protect from extinction most lynx there stay for about 10 months then they get released into the wild soon they will be more and more lynx living in Portugal

[@steamcleana_6918]

I didn’t realise how small they are

[@jetjazz05]

like a PRECIOUS KIKI! HERE KIKIKIKI I HAVE TUNAAA FOR YOOUUUU!!!!

[@cheeseandonions9558]

Yep, they're lone hunters too, so the only real prey for them is the rabbit...

[@themechanictangerine]

That was a young male probably 30% smaller than adults. They're twice the size of a domestic cat, and half the size of the Eurasian lynx

[@PossibleBat]

Smallest big cat in the family

[@Kaefer1973]

@@PossibleBat I think Bobcats are a bit smaller on average, but in general only the European Lynx really differs much in size from any other Lynx species. Also they aren't big cats.

[@pascalecleriediaz3816]

Beauty!❤️

[@fraidoonw]

thanks for this good news, i'm so happy to hear it!

[@austinsuarez8005]

What a badass looking cat.

[@rodrigolopez1196]

Hermosos ejemplares 😻

[@MuhammadEgypt]

Magnificent cat

[@brasspick]

Thanks for all of your good work!!!

[@donniefreidman5240]

This makes me extremely happy

[@ThaRealChuckD]

Got a name for one right off the bat. "Muttonchop". 😊 Interesting though that their mane resembles an Egyptian pharaohs headdress.

[@neiltonfariasfilho5885]

Thank you so much BBC Lynx smart animal muito obrigado !

[@juliew1426]

It's pretty amazing that you can take a captive bred animal, release them into the wild and have them survive. How is that possible? Were they hunting for their food while in captivity?

[@arturjcrebelo3275]

They never give them food. They are captive in a 1 area with big walls (they cant run away) and they release the hares/rabbits and partridge alive in the area for them to hunt the animal alive. They put a male (they catch from wild) with the female in the right time, after she was pregnant they release the male to his habitat... The female later on with the young baby(s), normally they have 2 if they have a lot of food or one if they have less food, hunt the animals always alive and teach the infant(s) to hunt. When the baby is ready, they release him in the nature...

[@宮路次郎-n6w]

Thank You.

[@memoriesofsust6667]

It’s high time we thought about animals & our planet.

[@cmarq817]

There are some in Portugal as well...

[@LinceSensei]

Yes CARALHO

[@dbmeo3417]

What a handsome cat

[@thelastjohnwayne]

The human race really needs to start a birth control plan in most countries but especially in countries where the growth rate is out of control. We already have enough people now if not too many.

[@hubertdenise3100]

Yep.Unfortunately people are too narcissistic, so they won’t do what they do to other animals like killing an animal that killed.People shouldn’t get a life in prison for things like pedophilia, they should get death penalty.They will never change, so why keep them alive in prison then spending all that money?

[@timsullivan4566]

"Lynx are in the description"