Noble deer

Lynx is the representative of the fauna of taiga, and its territory of inhabiting includes the taiga zone of North America. At one time these enormous cats lived almost on entire Europe; however, now, the area of their inhabiting considerably decreased and it became more crushed. In some European Countries, such as France, Switzerland and Austria the population of lynx was restored; however, in the case of a deficiency in the fodder, lynx attacks the herds of sheep and large cattle. In Latvia is not registered the attack of lynx on the domestic animals - in all likelihood, rabbits, deer, beavers, rodents and birds are sufficient to it. Despite the fact that lynx dwells in the forest, not in each large forest it is possible to meet. Similar to wolf, lynx avoids encounter with the man. Very few people they can brag by the fact that they saw lynx. In 1998 were counted 700 lynxes. To the lynxes is permitted the hunting also during recent years yearly they kill on 100 animals. Moose (Alces of alces) - the quite important representative of the family of moose. Adult moose- male can weigh to 400 kg. in moose short body, long feet with the large hooves, large head with the curved nose and the long upper lip, powerful withers gives clumsy form to it, but in reality moose moves very easily and gracefully even along the deep snow of marshland. Moose love to float in the rivers and the lakes; they sometimes even swim in far to sea. Moose are conducted on entire Latvia and live in this region already by centuries. Archaelogical excavations showed that the moose appeared in the territory Of immediately after the end of glacial period. The dimensions of the population of moose are distinguished depending on the intensity of hunting, quantity of predatory beasts and spread of diseases. In 1998 the population of moose counted approximately 8 000 individuals. Noble deer (Cervus of elaphus) - beautiful animal - with the proudly raised head, the large ears, the proportional body, reddish-brown , black hooves and nose. Adult male can weigh to 240 kg.