Swinney rules out return of lynx to Scotland

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Swinney rules out return of lynx to Scotland – BBC

The wild cats were once native to Britain but were driven to extinction 500 to 1,000 years ago through habitat loss and hunting.

Jonathan Downes

Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.