• Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands

    Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands
    The wild cats were humanely trapped using cameras near baited traps and are in quarantineTwo lynx that were illegally released into the Scottish Highlands have been captured overnight and are said to be in good health.Police had issued a warning to the public on Wednesday evening not to approach the wild cats, after several sightings in the Drumguish area, near Kingussie. Continue reading...
  • Country diary: Delights and decline in the river’s depths | Derek Niemann

    Frome, Somerset: Otters and beavers call this stretch of water home, unfortunately it is also a paradise for pollutionWhen I caught our fisherman neighbour rod-handed and sloping off towards the river one day last summer, he gifted me 10 seconds’ footage of his latest catch. There on his phone screen was soaked fur slathered over a low island of back and rump, and a large head with the white of a bulging eye like that of a startled cow. A beaver, swimming 10 minutes from my door. Seeing it
  • Two lynx on the loose in the Scottish Highlands

    Two lynx on the loose in the Scottish Highlands
    Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) says the animals were at large within its grounds after a suspected ‘illegal release’Two lynx are on the loose in the Scottish Highlands in what is suspected to be an “illegal release”.On Wednesday evening, the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) announced that the animals were at large within its grounds. Continue reading...

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