I was shooting with a Swedish chap a few years ago. He had a dream job, government employee in the north of Sweden. Kind of a ranger. His job was to survey / monitor the big predators ‘on the ground’ so to speak. Huge area to work in, but had the best toys to get there. Most of the job was looking for foot prints in the snow, of woldverine, Lynx, wolf and bear. He had seen them all in the flesh, some more often than others, but only set eyes on Lynx twice in a number of years.
Lynx spotted in the highlands?
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doric_prince
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i had a similar lynx released, as a apparent gift, in my Xmas stocking. Shocking as it’s Illegal in Scotland for any male with facial hair to be in possession of this lynx.
Foxyboy43
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Wow! Recaptured after a titanic struggle involving a chap brandishing only a conifer branch and his lovely female assistant Debbie McLynx.
About as wild as my late Labrador…
Utterly pathetic stunt.
Watch the moment two lynx are captured in the Highlands
About as wild as my late Labrador…
Utterly pathetic stunt.
Watch the moment two lynx are captured in the Highlands
Peg them out for the night where they left them -7 last night improved to -3 today
Cootmeurer
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Just a curiosity - but how would an animal like a lynx be construed in the wild?
Are they fully protected even though extinct in the wild?
Are they unprotected since they have no status?
I ask because we run into similar issues here. In some states, if an animal is not listed as a game species, it cannot be taken. In other states, if it is not listed as a protected or game species then it is completely unprotected.
As an example I think of a situation last year. A friend had an elk show up twice below his high seat, in a state that did not have an elk population and therefore it was unprotected. After checking legality, he **** it when it showed a third time.
Are they fully protected even though extinct in the wild?
Are they unprotected since they have no status?
I ask because we run into similar issues here. In some states, if an animal is not listed as a game species, it cannot be taken. In other states, if it is not listed as a protected or game species then it is completely unprotected.
As an example I think of a situation last year. A friend had an elk show up twice below his high seat, in a state that did not have an elk population and therefore it was unprotected. After checking legality, he **** it when it showed a third time.
No legal status at the moment, but with a public opinion and political bias toward protection.
This was the grey area exploited when people illegally released beavers 12-15 years ago. In the time it took the government to make up its mind how to classify them, they multiplied and established, to the point where public opinion made it impossible to mandate eradication.
The stupidity of it is staggering.
Some swaggering, gold chain wearing assh*le who had them as vanity pets, then got bored, drove up the a9 and dumped them next to the Zoo.
Zero chance this had anything to do with the re-wilders.
doric_prince
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I believe it would be Effectively classed as an alien / invasive species- so not granted automatic protection under law. The Extinction of lynx pre dates any laws relating to wider flora & fauna protection in Scotland.
Beavers were the same, and until granted protection, could be shot without license and any season applicable as an invasive/ non native species.
Utectok
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Black leopards are quietly thriving in the British countryside. Here’s the whole incredible story. — BBC Wildlife Magazine
Sightings and DNA tests suggest that large cats such as black leopards are quietly naturalising in Britain. Here’s the whole story.
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Norway's biggest, 34 kg.
If the person responsible was truly interested in establishing a free-living population of lynx in Scotland they'd have released them in an area of impenetrable forest, miles from any human interference.
***conspiracy theory alert***
These semi-tame and easily recaptured lynx are just a blind to distract the authorities attention from the simultaneous release of dozens of truly wild lynx that's secretly taking place all over Scotland as we speak....
(I just made that up, btw).
***conspiracy theory alert***
These semi-tame and easily recaptured lynx are just a blind to distract the authorities attention from the simultaneous release of dozens of truly wild lynx that's secretly taking place all over Scotland as we speak....
(I just made that up, btw).
doric_prince
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That is a big beaver, 34kgs too much for me to handle.
Polar Lynx
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according to " locals"
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