Lynx escaped from Welsh wildlife park

[GTB]

About three miles from here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-41798311

 

[shearerlad]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-41798311

Worrying to read that it escaped "some time during the last five days."

How often should the expert fully trained rangers check the animals?????

 

[roscoe erf]

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[ST61]

It says " It will only chase rabbits or rodents " thats funny i am sure the last one that escaped killed 3 lambs in 5 days

 

[renewablejohn]

It says " It will only chase rabbits or rodents " thats funny i am sure the last one that escaped killed 3 lambs in 5 days

Cannot have been the Lynx that killed the lambs as they only kill 0.4 sheep per year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41024161

 

[Cowabunga]

Cannot have been the Lynx that killed the lambs as they only kill 0.4 sheep per year.

Would that be, rounded up, that they kill half a sheep a year, or that they half kill a sheep a year? Either way it sounds ridiculously conservative for a big wild cat closely related to a tiger or similar. Surely if its hungry it will kill and eat the easiest prey available and that will often be a sheep. I wonder if its like a fox or a domestic cat and plays with its prey and hunts for sport as well as food.

 

[Tom_o_m]

One of the arguments for reintroducing lynx into the wild is that they would help control deer numbers. If they can kill a fawn they can kill a lamb.

 

[Cowabunga]

One of the arguments for reintroducing lynx into the wild is that they would help control deer numbers. If they can kill a fawn they can kill a lamb.

Hmm. Which do you think is the easier catch?

Seriously, would unaccompanied children be safe walking home to a farm at dusk do you think, or is it a disaster waiting to happen where 'lessons will be learnt' after the event?

 

[Tom_o_m]

Fawn. Deer tend to leave the fawns when they're very young to feed, while sheep have numbers to protect. But neither seem particularly challenging!

Pretty sure kids are fine as long as they dont play with any 'kittens' they find deep in the woods

 

[Cowabunga]

A few years ago at the same place, under previous ownership, this was in the news……………

Owner Alan Mumbray forgot to shut an enclosure, but noticed just as Rajah the leopard was trying to get out, and used a stepladder to stop him.

Mr Mumbray has now suspended himself from duty while inquiries are carried out.

The Animalarium website says Rajah is an African leopard, who was born at Basildon zoo. He then went to a private owner, who wanted him as a pet - but he tried to kill that owner. That meant he was no longer wanted, so came to the Animalarium.

…………………………………..

In my opinion, big cats, even if not the biggest, are not to be trifled with or underestimated. They are natural born killers.

 

[Tom_o_m]

That's insane. A leopard, now that is dangerous. You would have thought they would learnt by now (I'm going to be extra careful, i shoot not to far from there...)

 

[unlacedgecko]

Fawn. Deer tend to leave the fawns when they're very young to feed, while sheep have numbers to protect. But neither seem particularly challenging!

Definitely a fawn would be harder to kill...

 

[bovrill]

Would that be, rounded up, that they kill half a sheep a year,

It's the collie that rounded it up

 

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How convenient is that!?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-41798311

 

[llamedos]

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[Kevtherev]

Off to hunt it down with my shooter

 

[Woolgatherer]

Fawn. Deer tend to leave the fawns when they're very young to feed, while sheep have numbers to protect. But neither seem particularly challenging!

Pretty sure kids are fine as long as they dont play with any 'kittens' they find deep in the woods

If there were lynx living in the area you'd not be keen on your toddlers playing in your garden though!

 

[roscoe erf]

Merged several threads.

wey hey your back

 

[GTB]

The 'zoo' (Borth Animalarium) is a complete sh!t hole and should have been closed years ago. Not only do they keep 'losing' animals, (they mislaid one of those giant rodents the size of a dog a few years ago) but the place stinks and is an embarrassment to the area.

 

[marcot]

The 'zoo' (Borth Animalarium) is a complete sh!t hole and should have been closed years ago. Not only do they keep 'losing' animals, (they mislaid one of those giant rodents the size of a dog a few years ago) but the place stinks and is an embarrassment to the area.

Good to see that your job with the Welsh tourist board is progressing well [emoji2]