“Lynx are perfectly able to live outside in the wild in Scotland ... “They are not going to attack people or take out a sheep or a deer, they aren’t used to hunting these animals. “Part of the police ...
“Scotland has a history of illicit guerrilla releases,” said Darragh Hare, a research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, citing releases of beavers and pine ...
Despite its wide distribution, the Eurasian lynx faces numerous threats, particularly in areas where habitat loss and hunting have reduced its populations. To fully appreciate the importance of ...
Lynx were once native to Britain, but were driven to extinction 500 to 1,000 years ago. This was due to habitat loss and hunting, as well their prey becoming more rare. The big cats live up to 17 ...
Four lynx “illegally released” into the Scottish Highlands have been captured by park rangers in a rollercoaster two-day rescue effort. The search began on Wednesday afternoon when two lynx ...
Lynx disappeared from Scotland between 500 and 1,300 years ago possibly because of hunting and loss of their woodland habitat. Efforts to reintroduce the cats to the wild have been underway since ...
This image taken from video and made available by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland shows a lynx in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Dec. 9, 2024. (Royal Zoological Society of ...