“Any illegal release of lynx here is unwelcome and grossly irresponsible”

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/22483688

There is fury tonight, even from conservationists, about the confirmed release of controversial lynx onto land near Insh Marshes by Kingussie.

A Police Scotland spokesperson told the Strathy this evening: “Around 4.20pm on Wednesday, 8 January 2025, police were advised that two lynx had been spotted in the Drumguish area near to Kingussie.

“As a precaution, and also for the animals’ safety, specially trained staff from Highland Wildlife Park are assisting officers to trace them.

“Members of the public are asked not to approach the lynx nor indeed attend the area, but instead to contact police via 101 if they are spotted.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPMAEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    Interesting that they are talking about an illegal release when it hasn’t been confirmed. There have been reports of lynx for decades all across the UK but few (if any) confirmed sightings (partly due to their nature).

    So the options are: a) there might not be any lynx just a misidentification of a couple of big moggies, b) they are lynx but they are part of a breeding population that has been there a long time or c) this is actually an illegal release (but if so from where? Illegally releasing beavers isn’t difficult as there are plenty around but lynx…).

    • fakeman_pretendname
      7·
      6 days ago

      Option d) someone needed searches for “illegal” and “Badenoch” to point at something not related to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

      [Edit] Like those weird “news” articles from a few years ago about Boris Johnson’s hobby being “painting model buses”, to deflect from other Boris/Bus related news.

      • NKBTN
        3·
        5 days ago

        Nice theory, Fakeman Pretendname, if that IS your real name

        • fakeman_pretendname
          3·
          5 days ago

          Of course, I come from the honourable line of the great family of Pretendname blah blah history books, 1066, Norman Conquest you know.

          Of course, it’s pronounced “Pretnam”.

        • wewbullEnglish
          11·
          5 days ago

          Of course it’s his real name! There no reason to think otherwise.

    • kamenLady.@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 days ago

      I would love to see a lynx in the wild…

      The good thing is that everyone seems to be on the same side, regarding the lynx’ safety.