As much as a lot of people (myself included) want the reintroduction of the lynx as well as other big mammals to the Highlands, it unfortunately will probably never happen. Too many people are against it. Most people like to point the finger at farmers as the only ones who don’t want big predators that would pose a risk to their livestock but there’s plenty of others who are against it aswell including the everyday normal people who live in the towns and villages up north. You can tell them over and over again that these animals will pose next to no threat to them and they’ll always just reply with “why risk it though?”. Pretty much anyone can walk through the Highlands and go camping with the only risk to their health being their own stupidity and the weather. Why risk adding something that would endanger people, even if that risk is close to zero.
I really do want to see Scotlands wildlife be brought back and our old forests restored but unfortunately there’s not enough interest or momentum coming from people in the lowlands and a lot of reluctantance from people in the Highlands.
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gonnae get me a Big Kitty
it’ll be great in the zoom calls.
Lynx Africa for a bit of 1990s nostalgia
As much as a lot of people (myself included) want the reintroduction of the lynx as well as other big mammals to the Highlands, it unfortunately will probably never happen. Too many people are against it. Most people like to point the finger at farmers as the only ones who don’t want big predators that would pose a risk to their livestock but there’s plenty of others who are against it aswell including the everyday normal people who live in the towns and villages up north. You can tell them over and over again that these animals will pose next to no threat to them and they’ll always just reply with “why risk it though?”. Pretty much anyone can walk through the Highlands and go camping with the only risk to their health being their own stupidity and the weather. Why risk adding something that would endanger people, even if that risk is close to zero.
I really do want to see Scotlands wildlife be brought back and our old forests restored but unfortunately there’s not enough interest or momentum coming from people in the lowlands and a lot of reluctantance from people in the Highlands.