One lynx dead after four recovered from illegal release in Highlands

PABEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Screengrab taken from video dated 10/01/25 issued by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) of the two “deliberately abandoned” lynx at large in the Scottish Highlands that have been captured safe and sound. Staff from the RZSS said they were able to bait the duo into humane traps in the Cairngorms, […][/caption]

ONE of four lynx released illegally in freezing temperatures in the Scottish Highlands has died after it was recaptured.

The big cats were found in pairs near Kingussie...