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Lynx Trust UK are a registered charity campaigning for the reintroduction of lynx to the Kielder Forest in Northumberland. [4] In 2018, a proposal to release six animals was turned down by then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove, [5] due to findings that the proposal did not "meet the necessary standards set out in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) guidelines and fails ...
First Minister John Swinney has ruled out the legal reintroduction of lynx into the wild in Scotland. ... Some wildlife groups are keen to see lynx one day roam free under legal reintroductions.
A Eurasian lynx has been rehomed after being removed from an animal sanctuary following major welfare concerns for several endangered big cats. Freddie was welcomed to his new home at Shepreth ...
The initial areas for reintroduction appeared to be in Northumberland forests, and the borders region of Scotland. When it was revealed that six lynx and several wolves were being secretly held for reintroduction, the police became involved in the matter. [ 2 ]
One of the people involved in setting up the charity was Guardian journalist and author George Monbiot who published Feral, a book about rewilding, in 2013. [5] Rewilding Britain has called for the reintroduction of predators such as lynx and wolves which were hunted to extinction in Britain centuries ago. [6]
Lynx were once native to Britain, but were driven to extinction 500 to 1,000 years ago. This was due to habitat loss and hunting, as well their prey becoming more rare.
There have been calls for the reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx, brown bear and grey wolf to the UK, because no large predators are living in viable populations in Great Britain. It is theorized that a large predators presence could create a trophic cascade , [ 90 ] thus improving the ecosystem .
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