RIP Aura, The Lynx That Helped Save Her Species From Extinction

Aura with one of her cubs. Photograph: Antonio Rivas Salvador/Centro de cría del lince ibérico El Acebuche/OAPN-MITECO

When Aura was born in Andalucía’s Doñana national park in 2002, there were a mere 94 Iberian lynxes on the peninsula. Over the course of her two decades of life, she gave birth to 14 kittens and, through them, created an impressive dynasty. She died at the ripe old age of 20.

Read more about Aura: The Guardian