Lynx to Scotland | SCOTLAND: The Big Picture
The Lynx to Scotland partnership is seeking a mandate for a trial reintroduction of lynx to Scotland. This ambition remains dependent on a range of ecological, social and economic …
Lynx | Mammal - Scottish Wildlife Trust
Once resident in Scotland, the lynx is thought to have become extinct in the UK during the medieval period around 1,300 years ago. They have short bodies, long legs and large feet, as …
Lynx in Scotland: why illegal attempts to reintroduce lost species …
Jan 14, 2025 · For more than 500 years, no lynx had roamed the British countryside. That changed with the recent release of four of these large cats in the Cairngorm mountains of …
Two more lynx spotted on loose in the Highlands - BBC
Jan 10, 2025 · 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 …
Lynx captured after being illegally released in Highlands
Jan 9, 2025 · Two lynx illegally released in the Highlands have been successfully captured by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). The alarm was raised at about 16:20 on …
Lynx in Scotland: Why illegal attempts to reintroduce lost species …
Jan 15, 2025 · Lynx were recently released in Scotland's Cairngorm mountains, highlighting a trend of illicit reintroductions of extinct species.
Lynx captured after being illegally released in Highlands - BBC
Jan 9, 2025 · Two lynx illegally released in the Highlands have been successfully captured by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). The alarm was raised at about 16:20 on …
Why were lynx loose in the Cairngorms? - BBC News
Jan 10, 2025 · Hundreds of years after lynx last roamed wild in Scotland, two have been captured in the Highlands. Then two more lynx were spotted in the same area where these wild cats …
Lynx illegally released in Cairngorms were starving, says RZSS
Jan 13, 2025 · Lynx were once native to Britain but were wiped out hundreds of years ago due to habitat loss and hunting. A number of conservation groups support a licensed reintroduction of …
MSPs to discuss proposals for return of lynx to Scotland - BBC
Apr 25, 2023 · Proposals for the reintroduction of lynx to Scotland are to be discussed by MSPs at Holyrood. The wild cats were once native to Britain, but were driven to extinction 500 to 1,000 …