A possible clue to where the lynx – dubbed the Cairngorms Four – originated from was reportedly found near where they were spotted.<\/p>\n
BBC Scotland News understands bedding was discovered with porcupine quills in the straw.<\/p>\n
Did whoever release the cats own other exotic animals?<\/p>\n
A licence is required under the Dangerous Animals Act to keep lynx.<\/p>\n
Local authority Highland Council said last year that no premises in the area had applied for, or were operating under a Dangerous Wild Animal (DWA) licence, suggesting they had come from somewhere else.<\/p>\n
Scotland’s nature agency NatureScot also said at the time it had not granted any licences for the reintroduction of lynx.<\/p>\n
Police have told BBC Scotland this week that there were no updates in the case and their inquiries were on going.<\/p>\n
Asked if RZSS had any theories, Ms Petrie said: “We can’t speculate on how or why the lynx were abandoned as it’s the subject of an ongoing Police Scotland investigation. <\/p>\n
“Releasing animals into the wild without the necessary research, planning and consultation is reckless and risks harming both wildlife and local communities.”<\/p>\n
She added: “Conservation must be guided by science, collaboration and long-term planning \u2013 not by impulsive actions, no matter how well-intentioned they may be.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A possible clue to where the lynx – dubbed the Cairngorms Four – originated from was reportedly found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[70,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-688228","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115874703741993089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}