Iminyaka eminingi inhloso bekungukunciphisa ingozi yokuqothulwa kwalezi zilwane eziyizifanekiselo zaseSpain. I-Iberia Lynx ibisesigabeni sezinsongo "ezisengozini enkulu" ngokusho kwe-IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
Ngemuva kwayo yonke imizamo yokuzalanisa abathunjiweyo, izifundo ze-ecosystem, ukubuyiswa kwendawo yokuhlala, ukuqwashisa nokukhombisa izindawo ezinokuhamba kakhulu kwe-lynx, inani le-lynx liyanda kakhulu futhi i-IUCN inciphise izinga lokusongela "elisengozini".
"Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-15 yokusebenza kanzima emsebenzini we-European Life + Iberlince, lokhu kuwumthombo wokuziqhenya," kusho uMiguel Ángel Simón, umphathi wephrojekthi. Ekuqaleni bekucatshangwa kuphela ukuthi i-Iberia Lynx izogcinwa ekuthunjweni futhi ibingaphinde ibuyiselwe ezinhlelweni zemvelo.
USimón uphawula ukuthi kwakumangaza impela lapho unyaka nonyaka, lolu hlobo lwalukhombisa izimpawu zokululama ezindaweni zalo. Ngenxa yalokhu, iphrojekthi ibibheke ekwenzeni ngcono izimo zokubuyiswa kabusha kwe-lynx endaweni yayo yazo zonke izinhlobo ezizalwe ekuthunjweni.
Ngo-2010 kwakhululwa i-lynx yokuqala eCórdoba kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo eJaén. Kokubili ukubuyiswa kabusha kuphumelele, ngakho-ke abantu bangaxhuma. Uma nje kunokushintshana kwezinhlobo, i-lynx ingahlala izinzile kancane. Yize kungafanele sikhohlwe ukuthi lolu hlobo lusengcupheni yokuqothulwa. Kuningi okusamele kwenziwe ukumisa lokhu.
Ekugcineni, uMiguel Simón ukhumbuza ukuthi, uma sifuna iLynx iphume engozini yokuqothulwa, kufanele siyibeke njengokubaluleke kakhulu futhi sisekelwe yiJunta de Andalucía kanye nohlelo lweLife lwe-European Union, ezindabeni utshalomali kwezomnotho ukululama kwalo.