Two lynx which were illegally released into ... “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 ...

Lynx are not considered dangerous to humans and they tend to avoid contact with people. They prey on mammals, like deer, rabbits ... was due to habitat loss and hunting, as well their prey ...