Austria's Wild Heritage - One Country Six National Parks | show | 2023 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

From mighty peaks, formed by powerful natural forces, to one of the last largely intact floodplain landscapes in central | dHNfTVhNSVV4Y3hsdGc

Transcript

00:00 (gentle music)

00:02 The elegant cats were almost eradicated in Austria

00:06 and Western Europe throughout recent centuries.

00:09 It is hoped that such reintroduction projects

00:12 will undo the damage of the past.

00:15 Sure enough, initial results are promising.

00:28 Every female lynx gives birth to cubs,

00:31 she then rears lovingly.

00:54 As they grow, the young lynxes sniff, taste,

00:59 and examine everything they can get their paws on.

01:02 Like domestic cats, lynxes show an incredible interest

01:07 in their surroundings from a young age.

01:24 And the first lynx cubs thrive.

01:27 By 2014, the Kalkalpen National Park

01:30 is home to eight lynxes, four adults, and four youngsters.

01:35 The area is large enough to provide a habitat

01:38 for six fully grown big cats.

01:41 (gentle music)

01:44 (animal roaring)

01:47 (whooshing)