Councilman Montes, Joaquín Marín, said that "the City Council have asked the advice of the Presidency, headed by Manuel Campos, who is a candidate Cehegín the reintroduction of lynx in the Region of Murcia", within the project 'Life Iberlince 'which attempt to recover the historical range of this animal in Spain and Portugal.
Marin has argued in the petition that "the 300 square miles of Cehegin, over 60 percent is forest or forest ecosystem, one of the municipalities with the largest forest area in the Region of Murcia. Of this, over 10,000 hectares are public forests, municipal property. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín