The Iberian lynx has recovered from fewer than 100 individuals in 2002 to over 1,000 by 2023, representing one of conservation's greatest successes, with ongoing welfare management needs.
Iberian lynx killed in road collisions die from acute trauma or are injured and require intensive rehabilitation. Cats with injuries from vehicles or snares may require captive care that is stressful for a highly territorial, solitary species. Animals in captive breeding programs require careful management to maintain wild behaviour necessary for release success. Rabbit population crashes from disease cause lynx nutritional stress across their range. Expanding populations into new territories face novel human pressures including poaching and domestic cat disease transmission.