Lynx illegally released in the Scottish Highlands are likely to have been abandoned by their owner rather than released by a rogue rewilding campaigner, experts believe ...
Data shows that more than 2,700 exotic pets ranging from venomous snakes and scorpions to lions and cheetahs are being kept ...
Instead, some suggest that these might have been released by a pet owner who purchased the lynx on the black market. Mr Lewis says: 'It seems that the potential rogue rewilding theory has been ...
They have been nicknamed the “Killiehuntly Two ... “We wouldn’t pet them as they are wild animals and not pets. “Lynx are perfectly able to live outside in the wild in Scotland, but ...
Wildlife experts have suggested that a criminal gang may be behind the illegal release of Lynx in the Scottish Highlands. A ...
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 ...
One of the four young lynx has since died ... it has been claimed the animals may have been unwanted pets. The elusive animals were easily recaptured by keepers from the nearby Highland Wildlife ...