PREVIEW

Forestry workers from the Eibenstock forest district carry a transport box back to the vehicle after the reintroduction of male lynx (Kuder) Charlie. Saxony continues its lynx reintroduction program. Charlie was the sixth animal to be released into the wild. The male lynx was born at Karlsruhe Zoo in July 2024 and spent the last few months there in a so-called coordination enclosure being prepared for his life in the wild. Saxony released the first wild-caught animals from Switzerland in March 2024. Originally, 20 animals were to be given a new home in the forests around Eibenstock and in Saxon Switzerland by 2027. The strategy is now being adapted and extended until 2032.