Proposals to reintroduce these ‘lost’ felines to Britain have a romantic appeal to many nature lovers, but illegal releases ...

“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 ...

"Although we don't think that there are any more lynx out there, we will continue to monitor the release site under the direction of Police Scotland," she added. RZSS has condemned the illegal release ...

While detectives are still open to the possibility that rewilding activists may have released the animals in the hope that they would establish a wild lynx population in Scotland, sources with ...

Wildlife officials in Scotland say one of four lynx thought to have been released illegally in the Scottish Highlands has died the day after it was captured ...

COPS investigating the "illegal release" of two lynx have warned the public to not approach the wild cats. It comes after reports the pair of apex predators were spotted in Drumguish, near ...

David Field, chief executive of RZSS, said the lynx is 'wonderfully full of character' as an animal but should still be considered as a wild cat. He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme ...

On January 27, 2025, TikTok user Lolly (@lolliypopgirl62) shared a video of a baby Lynx Point Siamese kitten she had found ...

Likewise, the lynx were wholly unprepared for life in the wild and appeared to be semi-tame. Dave Barclay, the RZSS expert who led the hunt for the lynx told the BBC that the animals were 'highly ...

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 ...

"Lynx, like all large wild carnivores, are always opportunistic in their habits, so do on occasion kill sheep, however only ...