Lynx Reintroduction Application.

[EDDIE B 3,166]

There's enough vermin in the country as it is. No need to f**k things up even more.

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

There's talk of releasing up to 8! Any farmers losing sheep would be compensated! Sitting on the fence in this one!

[Hydropotesinermis 724]

The roe deer population is massive and neeeds sorting

Forestry commission don't seem to be doing it where I am

It's not an alien species but reintroduction

I beleieve it's called rewilding and is very effective where it's been done before

Where's that?

[dave88 1,565]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40873501

[Greyman 28,851]

There's talk of releasing up to 8! Any farmers losing sheep would be compensated! Sitting on the fence in this one!

I would say the Lynx is probably the less likely of the cats to take sheep, they are more of a woodland hunter and through summer seem to take a lot of smaller prey like rabbits, hare and birds, although I know what I do is not a perfect science or any of my findings are hard facts but in general it seems that sheep that have been dipped or sprayed recently are hardly ever taken by cats and it's thought the taste and/or smell put them off, most sheep kills we get reports on have not had any of these treatments for ages and are usually quite close to shearing IE long haired and matted in shit, but roe kills outnumber the sheep massively, I think it will also depend on how the Lynx have been reared as most cats seem to go for the easy option until they settle in and find there own niche in there environment