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

A conservation expert has said it was “highly irresponsible” of individuals to release a number of lynx into the Scottish Highlands. Dr Neil Anderson, a senior lecturer in conservation ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Watch the moment two lynx are captured in the Highlands Two lynx illegally released in the Highlands have been successfully captured by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). The alarm ...

Police are investigating the release of two lynx in the Highlands and have urged the public not to approach the wild cats. The alarm was raised at about 16:20 when they were spotted in the ...

Two more lynx were captured last night after being ‘deliberately abandoned’ in the Highlands. The big cats were confirmed to be on the loose in the Cairngorms National Park yesterday morning ...

Four lynx “illegally released” into the Scottish Highlands have been captured by park rangers in a rollercoaster two-day rescue effort. The search began on Wednesday afternoon when two lynx ...

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 Wednesday when they were ...