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=proposal  __M__ __y__ __Bi__ __o__ __div__ __er__ __s__ __i__ __t__ __y__  __Pr__ __op__ __os__ __a__ __l__ = To The Human Society of America: I have been researching an issue that has been disturbing me, and apparently manyother populations of animals as well. I wanted to see if you could help.

**background:** The Iberian lynx is not a commonly known creature. It's features are similar to a mix of a bobcat, and it's size is between the Canada lynx and the Eurasian lynx. Iberian lynx are mainly from Southern Europe, and to be more specific, Portugal and Spain. This feline is on the top ten list of animals that have a high chance of going extinct in the next ten years. If this does occur, this will be the first feline to become extinct for about 2,000 years!

**why this is happening:** The loss of their main food source (rabbits), and habitat destruction is what is causing this significant decrease in population. Unfortunately, there are no more than a total of 38 breeding females in the wild, leaving almost no hope for the Iberian Lynx, but do not let that stop you from helping; we can still save the Iberian Lynx!  <span style="color: #d803b3; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;"> **why we should save them:** The Iberian lynx eat foxes, mongooses, cats, dogs, and rabbits. If this lynx becomes extinct, all of these animals will increase in population. Also, this will happen in areas where there is not enough room for them to live, and food sources for these other animals will become scarce, giving them the opportunity to become endangered! This could result in the decrease of nearly five animals, and to avoid severe alterations in biodiversity and the food chain, this cannot happen.

**the plan to save the Iberian lynx:** 1) Breed more rabbits at a quick speed so that the lynx's food source is not scarce. Make sure they can adapt to the area that the lynx live. Also, if other animals like cats and dogs eat the rabbits, this increase in population will allow all of the animals to eat the rabbits. If there enough rabbits, all populations have the chance to grow, giving the lynx a wide selection of things to eat, and making its chance of survival better. 2) STOP HUMAN INFERENCE WITHIN THESE AREAS! No more of the lynx's environment should be cut down, or changed. The rest should be preserved so that this lynx species can grow and work its way off of the endangered list. A law must be enacted to really protect these animals: No human may interfere (including building, hunting, etc.) with the land or they will be fined. 3) Over time, these two things (population growth of the prey, and no interference) will help bring the lynx population out of the endangered species list. <span style="color: #d803b3; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 29px;"> <span style="color: #d803b3; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;"> Sara, what about the Economic Benefits and potential jobs?

Thank you for your time, please consider this offer. You could save an entire species from extinction!

Sincerely, Sara Isaac

Very intereting species and great job grabbing the readers attention. 44/51=86

source: http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/iberian_lynx/