“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 ...
The largest of all the lynx species, it plays a crucial role as a top predator in its ecosystem. Despite its wide distribution, the Eurasian lynx faces numerous threats, particularly in areas ...
T he caracal is a species of cat native to portions of Africa and Asia. A lynx is any of several species of medium-sized wild cats that belong to the genus Felis or Lynx subgenera. These two ...
Proposals to reintroduce these ‘lost’ felines to Britain have a romantic appeal to many nature lovers, but illegal releases ...
Thanks to captive breeding programmes, and tender loving care, there are now more than 2,000 of these carnivores — Europe’s ...
In Britain, there have also been illicit reintroductions of smaller mammals, as well as insects and wildflowers that are much easier and cheaper to obtain, transport and release. Wildflower seeds and ...
A Eurasian lynx has been rehomed after being removed from an animal sanctuary following major welfare concerns for several ...
Jan. 10 (UPI) --Police in Scotland said two lynx cats have been spotted on the loose in an area where two other felines of the species were rounded up one day earlier. Authorities captured two ...
A second pair of lynx have been captured after being found near Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park. Two other lynx, released illegally, were caught in the same area on Thursday. Staff from the ...
LONDON — Scottish environmental activists want to reintroduce the lynx into the forests of the Highlands. But not this way. Four lynx — a medium-sized wildcat that disappeared from Scotland hu ...
The lynx were soon recaptured ... While many conservation organizations are working with the authorities to bring back species, from microscopic fungi to half-ton bison, some people are ...