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From the Department of Environment, the place chosen to release specimens of these species in our municipality cannot yet be specified, although spaces such as the Sierras del Gigante and Pericay, Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena and Sierra de la Torrecilla are considered by the Autonomous Community.

. The Councilor for the Environment of the Lorca City Council, José Luis Ruiz Guillén, has celebrated the fact that the European Commission has given the go-ahead to a new Life project for the recovery of the lynx in Spain and Portugal, budgeted at 18 million euros and that it will be in force between the years 2020 and 2025. The mayor of the Environment has explained that the 'Life Lynx Connect' project seeks to connect the six existing populations of this feline in Spain, in addition to the creation of two others, one in Sierra Arana, in the province of Granada and another in Lorca. José Luis Ruiz Guillén recalled that the Lorca City Council already showed support for the objectives and actions proposed within this project last January, which will be carried out among the various partners, including the Community Autonomous Region of Murcia. Ruiz Guillén explained that from the Lorquino Town Hall we understand that "this work will contribute to consolidate and improve the conservation status of the Iberian lynx populations in the Iberian Peninsula, and especially improving connectivity between the different populations of this species, integrating each of the population nuclei within the metapopulational structure and dynamics ". The Councilor for the Environment explained that "the place chosen to release lynxes in our municipality cannot be specified yet, nor the date, although the Autonomous Community proposed the space occupied by the Sierras del Gigante and Pericay, Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena and Sierra de la Torrecilla: a large and valuable area classified as a Special Bird Protection Area (SPA) that is part of the Natura 2000 Network ". This program aims to increase the size of the lynx population and its connectivity, reduce the loss of genetic diversity of the species and its unnatural mortality, ensure the availability of prey and increase the involvement of society in its conservation.

In addition, it generates important ecosystem services and produces positive economic impacts in rural areas affected by depopulation, thanks to the generation of jobs in the nature tourism sector.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca