The Plight The Plight of the of the

European European CarnivoreCarnivore

The Plight The Plight of the of the

European European CarnivoreCarnivore

•Iberian Lynx•Eurasian Lynx•Brown Bear•Grey Wolf

European European CarnivoresCarnivoresat Riskat Risk

Habitats threatenedHabitats threatened

Food source decliningFood source declining

Fur marketFur market

Road accidentsRoad accidents

Habitats threatenedHabitats threatened

Food source decliningFood source declining

Fur marketFur market

Road accidentsRoad accidents

Why Why Lynx?Lynx?

• HuntingHunting• HuntingHunting• HuntingHunting• Hunting Hunting

Why Why Bears?Bears?

……and traditional and traditional medicinesmedicines

Bear bile

Bile powder

• Loss of Loss of HabitatHabitat

• Persecution by Persecution by Humans Humans

• Spread of Spread of diseases from diseases from domestic dogsdomestic dogs

Why Why Wolves?Wolves?

AssignmentAssignment

• Pick one example of an Pick one example of an endangered European endangered European CarnivoreCarnivore

• Find 3 examplesFind 3 examplesof populationof populationrecovery projectsrecovery projects