One of the World’s Most Endangered Wild Cats
The Balkan lynx (Lynx lynx balcanicus) numbers fewer than 50 mature individuals across its entire southwestern Balkan range.
The steep, unfragmented oak and beech woodlands of Trebeshinë provide undisturbed hunting territory with healthy prey populations.
Ecological Connectivity Across the Vjosa Basin
Continuous wild corridors allow large mammals like roe deer, brown bears, and wolves to migrate between mountain massifs.
Field camera traps placed by conservation biologists regularly document thriving wildlife in these protected reserves.