As an endangered species, the lynx is among the animals under high protection in the Jura department in eastern France. Only 70 of them remain in the forests of the Franche-Comté region. The Centre Athénas, near Lons-le-Saunier, takes in injured lynxes or abandoned cubs and reintegrates them into their natural habitats once all conditions are reunited. The center places motion-detecting cameras on the trees near their living areas in order to monitor their good health and reintegration into the wild.