This one was jet black. A Whitehorse resident had managed ... mutation called melanism — not unusual in animals, but rarely seen in lynx. "Nobody had ever heard or seen of a dark coloured ...

a charity involved in the Lynx to Scotland project. “We know some people like to buy exotic animals as pets,” he added. “The black market for exotic animals is, I would suggest, the most likely route ...

However, as more information about the animals comes to light, an alternative possibility has emerged. Instead, some suggest that these might have been released by a pet owner who purchased the lynx ...

Tracy Tweedy, of Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, said staff were horrified by the death of the two lynx. A second lynx, belonging to a zoo where one escaped and was later shot, has died following a ...

One of the illegally-released lynx captured in the Highlands has died, those caring for the animals have said. The big cat was one of a second pair to be captured near the the Dell of Killiehuntly ...

The other surviving lynx have been moved to Edinburgh Zoo. Conservation experts have suggested that the animals may have come from the black market for exotic pets, rather than a formal rewilding ...

First Minister John Swinney said he is “enormously grateful” to all those who helped capture two lynx in the Scottish Highlands, as he condemned the illegal release of the animals.