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Lynx illegally released in Cairngorms were starving, says RZSS

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RZSS said two of the cats had eaten meat left from them in traps set to capture them, but no other food while they had been on the loose.

The area around Kingussie where the four were captured is still being monitored, but the society said it was “reasonably confident” there were no more still at large.

The cats have been confirmed as Eurasian lynx, the largest of four species of the animals.

Lynx were once native to Britain but were wiped out hundreds of years ago due to habitat loss and hunting.

A number of conservation groups support a licensed reintroduction of the cats to Scotland in the near future.


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