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Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers

Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers

Regional governments bow to pressure from agricultural industry, often amplified by far-right Vox party

Only last year it was hailed as a conservation success story: the Iberian lynx, which had been close to extinction, had sprung back to life thanks to a two-decade-long effort to expand the population.

Now, however, that progress is at risk after several regional governments in Spain acceded to pressure from farmers and hunters to block the reintroduction of the species into the wild.

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