The controversy over rewilding in the UK

Environmentalists have condemned the unauthorised release of four hand-reared lynxes into the Scottish countryside, a move they claim is “counterproductive” to the rewilding movement.

Eurasian lynx have not been seen in the wild in the British Isles for 1,000 years. That was until last week when Police Scotland received reports of two in a forest in the Cairngorms National Park. Both were soon captured, with another pair caught on Friday.

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