The culling of the illegally released pigs has caused outcry with hundreds of people questioning why they could not be rescued.

The wild boar have been seen in the same area where four lynx were spotted - and recaptured - after being dumped last month.

Feral pigs thought to have been illegally released in the Highlands have been located as staff work to contain them. The Cairngorms National Park Authority said efforts to trap the pigs are ongoing after they were seen in the Insh and Glen Feshie areas.

Feral pigs spotted on the loose in the Cairngorms National Park have been captured and humanely culled, Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has said. The animals were seen near Uath Lochans, an area of woodland and small lochs near Kingussie,