Rewilding: should we bring the lynx back to Britain?
Written by Phoebe Weston from the Guardian
Reintroducing the big cats could control deer numbers and enrich ecosystems but farmers and the public need reassurance, say experts
The maverick rewilder Derek Gow is wearing an extremely small pair of coral pink shorts as he introduces his three new Eurasian lynxes. He looks like Tiger King’s Joe Exotic on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
The shy new arrivals are joining a menagerie of animals at his rewilding project in Devon. They are in a large pen with a four-metre-high fence but Gow, like a growing number of conservationists, wants to see lynxes prowling freely in the countryside.
It’s important to gauge public feeling rather than putting out garish headlines on how they’re going to do it tomorrow
Related: 'It’s going to be our way now': the guerrilla rewilder shaking up British farming
Any proposal to reintroduce predators such as lynx ... would be wholly unacceptable to Scottish farmers and crofters
Related: The lynx effect: Iberian cat claws its way back from brink of extinction
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Written by Phoebe Weston from the Guardian
Reintroducing the big cats could control deer numbers and enrich ecosystems but farmers and the public need reassurance, say experts
The maverick rewilder Derek Gow is wearing an extremely small pair of coral pink shorts as he introduces his three new Eurasian lynxes. He looks like Tiger King’s Joe Exotic on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
The shy new arrivals are joining a menagerie of animals at his rewilding project in Devon. They are in a large pen with a four-metre-high fence but Gow, like a growing number of conservationists, wants to see lynxes prowling freely in the countryside.
It’s important to gauge public feeling rather than putting out garish headlines on how they’re going to do it tomorrow
Related: 'It’s going to be our way now': the guerrilla rewilder shaking up British farming
Any proposal to reintroduce predators such as lynx ... would be wholly unacceptable to Scottish farmers and crofters
Related: The lynx effect: Iberian cat claws its way back from brink of extinction
Continue reading...
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… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
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