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A symbol for the return of the wilderness

The lynx

In order to obtain more data and information about the lynx in the national park, Kalkalpen National Park has been carrying out lynx monitoring since 1998 and implementing measures to support the lynx population together with ARGE LUKA. The LUKA working group (Luchs OÖ. Kalkalpen) was founded in 2008 and consists of representatives from Kalkalpen National Park, the Upper Austrian Nature Conservation Association, the Upper Austrian Hunting Association, the Austrian Federal Foresters and the Austrian National Park. Hunting Association, the Austrian Federal Forests, the WWF, the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (FIWI), the Department of Nature Conservation of the Province of Upper Austria and the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology.

Lynx profile

Lynx roams between trees through tall grass — Lynx © Roland Mayr

Lynx lying relaxed under a rocky outcrop — Eurasian lynx ©GrafMarc Photography

Our lynxes

Interesting Facts

Browse through our knowledge database! Under the following links we have already made a preselection of current reports, specialist articles and publications as well as press articles with the search term "lynx".

Reports, specialist articles, publications on the lynx

Press article on the lynx

Information about the lynx in Austria and Switzerland

Austria Center Bear Wolf Lynx

KORA Predator Ecology & Wildlife Management

Moving about on quiet paws

Lynxes in Kalkalpen National Park

Lynx Janus

Male lynx Janus was released in the Kalkalpen National Park in January 2025.

Janus profile

Lynx Karo roams through the autumnal beech forest — Photo trap picture Karo ©ChristianFuxjäger

Lynx plaid

Lynx Karo is the son of lynx Skadi and lynx Jago and was born in 2014 at Kalkalpen National Park .

Profile Karo

Lynx Lakota

Lynx Lakota is a son of lynx Freia and lynx Jago. He was born in the national park in 2014.

Profile Lakota

Lynx Skadi

Lynx Skadi was born in the national park in 2012. She is the daughter of lynx Freia and lynx Juro.

Profile Skadi

Family tree of known lynx in the Kalkalpen National Park of 2026.

Image of well-known lynx in the Kalkalpen National Park © Christian Fuxjäger

Two hands set up a photo trap on a tree trunk in the forest. — Photo trap ©EngeldorpGastelaard

Current Research Project

Lynx monitoring

The lynx monitoring program provides information on the current status of the lynx population in the Kalkalpen National Park . The monitoring is conducted primarily using camera traps and telemetry.

Lynx monitoring

Employee shows a photo trap image of lynx on laptop — Photo trap being read out ©StefanLeitner

Exploring the National Park

On the trail of the lynx

Join lynx researcher Christian Fuxjäger on a trip to the national park and learn the latest about the lynx population and the habits of this large, shy forest cat with its distinctive "tufted ears."

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