Police urge public not to approach illegally released animals understood to have been spotted by cameras in Cairngorms
Two more lynx have been seen in the Scottish Highlands, close to the site where two of the illegally released animalsPolice Scotland has urged the public not to approach the animals, which were seen in the Dell of Killiehuntly area. It is thought all four are from the same family group.
The unauthorised release of the animals, which worried local farmers and gamekeepers, has infuriated conservationists who are working on a lengthy and officially sanctioned project to set up an approved programme to reintroduce lynx in the region.It said the animals, members of a wild cat species which appear to have been bred in captivity, would have been likely to die in the wild, particularly in the depths of winter.
The first pair of lynx were spotted on Wednesday evening near a layby where straw bedding was strewn around, and seemed to be comfortable around people.Willie Anderson, a deputy team leader of the Cairngorm mountain rescue team, had come within 60 metres of the pair. “They had definitely been illegally released because they were 100 yards from a pile of straw bedding that contained dead chicks and, interestingly, porcupine quills – the bedding was peppered with porcupine quills,” he said.
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