The first minister tells farmers that no carnivorous species will be reintroduced under his government.

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

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 ...

Now, as semi-tame lynx are captured roaming in the Cairngorms, experts have raised concerns that Britain's hidden zoos could be putting animals and humans at risk. Earlier this month, two separate ...

One of the captured lynx illegally released into the Highlands has died it was revealed yesterday. It was one of a second pair of the animals captured within a week after police reports they had ...

The Eurasian Lynx is a wild cat with tufted ears and a short tail, found in forest across Europe and Asia. It is a stealthy ...

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 ...

While detectives are still open to the possibility that rewilding activists may have released the animals in the hope that they would establish a wild lynx population in Scotland, sources with ...

The search began on Wednesday afternoon when two lynx were spotted in the Cairngorms National Park, one of the last truly wild places remaining in the UK. The animals were captured the following ...

Police received reports the animals had been seen in the Dell of ... they believe the sighting is connected to the release of two lynx seen in the same area on Wednesday, which were safely ...

John Swinney has said his Government will not allow a legal release of lynx or other large carnivores in Scotland, as he also ...