Scottish Lynx Escapes

 When I wake up and am told two lynx have been captured in Scotland and two more are still on the loose I had to ask myself "Is it 1925 again?"

If you have read The Red Paper 2022 Felids then you will have read the full story of the 1925 lynx cats that appeared from nowhere -there were other cases- and fringe cryptozoologists have never given the full story on what exactly happened or how the big story ended.

Judging by their behaviour in the photographs these are likely releases as they stick together and did not bolt in different directions.  I ought to also point out, as reported in The Red Paper, that an anonymous group had been releasing the hybrid European wild cat around the UK since at least the 1980s and some of those appear to have survived and bred. I have my own suspicions about who took part in that little venture.   

A thing to note is how "wildlife experts" ("X" =The Unknown and "spurt" is a drip under pressure) state the lynx would not have been able to survive in the wild.  That is a pretty poor assessment that I would not go along with unless we are including idiots with guns. 

Remember that there are at least two pairs of wolf dogs that have been roaming the Highlands for a few years (reported in Red Paper Canids) and if those canids could survive then lynx certainly could and used to.

It is the knee-jerk reaction that surprises me since there has long been a debate about releasing lynx and wolves into the Highlands "where they should survive well if left unmolested" (ie: farmers and 'hunters' don't kill them. Look at the success in releasing the 'Scottish wild cats"....oh. One starved and one was killed by a car so best not.

Humans wiped out the wolves, wild cats and lynx and now think they should be introduced into areas completely changed from the "old days" and where snares, poaching and shooting as well as cars take their toll of wildlife each year (but we sweep those figures out of sight). Well, if the debate (and that is all it ever will be in wildlife backward Britain) picks up again all anyone has to do is point to the fact that "wildlife experts" stated lynx could not survive in the wild: debate ended.

If you want to have nightmares about the amount of wildlife killed in one year on UK roads here you go:  https://foxwildcatwolverineproject.blogspot.com/2022/08/how-many-animals-and-birds-killed-on-uk.html

A pair of northern lynx photographed in the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland. (PA)

Police are investigating the reported sightings of two lynx in the Scottish Highlands after a pair of the cats were released and then captured earlier in the week.

They received reports the animals had been seen in the Dell of Killiehuntly area near Kingussie at about 7.10am on Friday.

Members of the public have been warned not to approach the animals, and police said they are working with specially trained personnel to capture them.

Pictures of the lynx who were captured on Thursday. (Royal Zoological Society of Scotland)

Officers said they believe the sighting was connected to the illegal release of two lynx seen in the same area on Wednesday, which were safely captured on Thursday.

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) chief executive David Field said humane traps are being set in the area to catch the animals.

Field said: "Further traps are being baited in the area and the hope is that these animals will be safely and humanely captured before being taken to Edinburgh Zoo to join the two captured yesterday in quarantine."

One of the two Lynx, after they were successfully captured in the Cairngorms National Park. (PA)

He added: "RZSS condemns the illegal release of wild animals in the strongest possible terms and urges anyone with information on the release of these lynx to contact Police Scotland."

The lynx captured on Thursday were taken by RZSS to quarantine facilities at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms, with the animals due to be transferred to Edinburgh Zoo, where their health and welfare will be assessed.

David Barclay, manager of the RZSS Saving Wildcats team, said that long term the creatures may be rehomed in Highland Wildlife Park, which is already home to two northern lynx named Switch and Neon.

Police said inquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances of the sighting.

The "illegal release" of the animals into the wild has been condemned by wildlife groups, who said it is very unlikey the animals can survive.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/lynx-missing-scotland-dangerous-cat-uk-size-113127288.html