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VIDEO: Driver films three lynx by side of French road

The video also raises awareness of the real risk of traffic collisions to the endangered animals

Vosges birds to ‘recuperate in Norway’ as part of French trial

The plan is aiming to help the emblematic birds, proponents say - but critics say it is a ‘textbook example of what not to do’

Project aims to protect birds put at risk by skiers in Alps

Thirty-six ski resorts in the French Alps have signed up to a project to conserve “emblematic” mountain birds which are being put in danger by people going off-piste.

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Wolf sighting is first in Charente for century

A wolf spotted on the side of a road in Charente is the first to be seen in the department in more than a century.

New species of wildcat seen in France – at last

A species of wildcat – the chat-renard (fox cat) – that was considered to be a legend has finally been discovered.

One in four French species dying out

More than a quarter of all native species in France are extinct or in danger of vanishing – and human activity has been blamed.

Clean up on French beaches as oil slick reaches shore

Over one hundred people in the Var (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) have joined together to clean up 16 km of beaches after the largest oil slick to hit since 1991 caused severe coastal pollution this week.

28 breeding pairs of rare French tortoise stolen

Thieves have stolen 56 tortue d’Hermann tortoises - 28 breeding pairs - from a Corsica zoo but it is not known if they will be trafficked or freed.

‘Problem’ bear could be moved to another area or shot

Officials in France and Spain are considering what to do about a bear which has taken to killing horses, sheep and goats and raiding bee-hives as it roams through the Pyrenees.

Volunteers praised for saving endangered vulture

A team of volunteers have saved an endangered bearded vulture and her chick in the Alps by supplying food after the father bird was killed.

PR moves for endangered species brands?

Firms should be doing more

Town closes road to protect toads

Some of the species are endangered

Fewer swallows to make a summer

Lizards under threat - can you help?

It is feared that common wall lizards are disappearing from many communes – to the extent that one wildlife group is asking local residents to help track the scale of the problem.

Endangered animals

VIDEO: Driver films three lynx by side of French road

Vosges birds to ‘recuperate in Norway’ as part of French trial

Project aims to protect birds put at risk by skiers in Alps

Wolf sighting is first in Charente for century

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