“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 ...
Four lynx captured after being found on the loose in the Scottish Highlands may have come to the UK through a black market for exotic pets, say conservation experts. Some have pointed the finger at ...
The charity has condemned the illegal release as "highly irresponsible" and said it was likely the lynx would have died in the wild. It said the pair appeared to be in good health and had been ...
Police say two more lynx have been spotted in the same area where a pair of the wild cats were captured on Thursday. They were seen near Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park. Police Scotland ...
It’s been a wild week for Scotland, with at least four lynx being introduced illegally into the Highlands. Two were initially spotted earlier in the week and successfully recaptured. Then in a ...
A pair of lynx that were believed to have been deliberately set loose in the Scottish Highlands have been captured. The wild cats were spotted on Wednesday afternoon around two miles from a ...