A Eurasian lynx has been rehomed after being removed from an animal sanctuary following major welfare concerns for several ...

Initially, it was suggested that the lynx had escaped from Highland Wildlife Park, but park rangers and the police quickly confirmed that they had actually been illegally released. Sign up for ...

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

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 ...

It was originally believed that they had escaped from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Highland Wildlife Park, which does have lynx. But both police and the park confirmed on Wednesday ...

"Lynx, like all large wild carnivores, are always opportunistic in their habits, so do on occasion kill sheep, however only ...

The captures highlight a campaign by some activists to reintroduce lynx to help control the deer population and symbolize Scotland’s commitment to wildlife diversity. While no one knows who ...