After 1,300 Years Gone, the Fabled Lynx Could Return to UK Wilderness

by Guest Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:41 pm

For the first time in over 1,000 years, the lynx could be reintroduced to the wilderness of the British Isles. Lynx Trust UK has submitted a permit to Natural England – the nation’s governmental department for environmental issues – for a 5-year trial run of the species’ reintroduction. If approved, the organization could be granted permission to release 6 to 10 lynx into Kielder Forest in Northumberland. The organization says that while lynx were native to the area, records show that they may have been hunted into extinction by early settles. Because the native wildcats have been absent from England’s ecosystem for so many centuries, there has been a massive overpopulation of deer in the region.

Lynx Trust UK believes that by reintroducing the wildcats to the area, their diet will primarily consist of deer, rather than local livestock. However, conservationists say that farmers will be compensated for any sheep or cattle that are harmed by lynx.

The Lynx UK Trust website states: “Of course, predicting precisely how lynx will live here is impossible, and the reason why a trial, monitored in great detail, is so important, however it can also be said that the lynx is extremely consistent in most things, and we expect to only see minor variances in behavior (for example, we expect relatively small territories with a relatively high proportion of deer in diet, because of the high density of deer in the UK).

Additionally, the lynx reintroduction could bring in millions of dollars worth of tourism for local businesses.

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/1300-years-gone-fabled-lynx-return-uk-wilderness/

by Victorismyhero Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:18 pm

yeah right....

this is going to work out just fine

farmers claiming every dead sheep as a "lynx strike"
the trust failing to pay out cos they dont beleive them and then pissed off farmers shooting them as vermin

Its been extinct over here for 1300 years ...get OVER it

by Victorismyhero Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:21 pm

and...millions of dollars worth of tourism...pffft

I'm sure folks are going to be absolutely falling over themselves in their haste to "spot the lynx"

by Guest Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:26 pm

Lord Foul wrote:yeah right....

this is going to work out just fine

farmers claiming every dead sheep as a "lynx strike"
the trust failing to pay out cos they dont beleive them and then pissed off farmers shooting them as vermin

Its been extinct over here for 1300 years ...get OVER it

Yes because humans are takers.

It worked out fine in Yellowstone park with Wolves

by Victorismyhero Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:42 pm

yellowstone park is about 1000 times the size of kielder forest.....
with bog all in the way of livestock agriculture in it......

and the wolf had "not been there" only for a short time

not 1300 years

by Victorismyhero Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:43 pm

I mean....why not clone and reintoduce the wolly mammoth

or a few neanderthals...oh wait...i forgot ....ES

but you take my point........

by Guest Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:48 pm

Lord Foul wrote:yellowstone park is about 1000 times the size of kielder forest.....
with bog all in the way of livestock agriculture in it......

and the wolf had "not been there" only for a short time

not 1300 years

So?

They were there long before you.

I see no problem with them reintroducing.

You are using poor scaremongering arguments

by Guest Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:49 pm

Lord Foul wrote:I mean....why not clone and reintoduce the wolly mammoth

or a few neanderthals...oh wait...i forgot ....ES

but you take my point........

They are actually looking to do that. Or at least bring it back to life through cloning.

by Victorismyhero Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:56 pm

oh great so we are going to be faced with huge great hairy elephants stomping around .....Great...
YOU can clean up after em....mind...you should win the largest marrow prize down the local allotment....

by Guest Wed Jul 19, 2017 6:57 pm

Lord Foul wrote:oh great so we are going to be faced with huge great hairy elephants stomping around .....Great...
YOU can clean up after em....mind...you should win the largest marrow prize down the local allotment....

Going to place them in your wood.... Laughing

Oh stop being a bar humbug.

Lets see what happens by introducing the lynx eh?

by Victorismyhero Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:02 pm

Thorin wrote:
Lord Foul wrote:oh great so we are going to be faced with huge great hairy elephants stomping around .....Great...
YOU can clean up after em....mind...you should win the largest marrow prize down the local allotment....

Going to place them in your wood....

Oh stop being a bar humbug.

Lets see what happens by introducing the lynx eh?

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