In recent years, it has been possible to increase the number of animals of this species, from 94 to 2,000, according to 20 Minutos.

Given this situation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world's largest scientific authority on environmental matters, has declassified the threat looming over the Iberian lynx.

The report 'Evolution and recovery of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain and Portugal: an example of successful conservation', published by the Artemisan Foundation, takes stock of the species' situation, revealing that there are currently 14 population centre of the species (13 of them in Spain and one in Portugal).

Forty-four percent of the new felines are found in Andalusia and there are breeding populations in Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, and southern Portugal.