Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands

Two lynx that were illegally released into the Scottish Highlands have been captured overnight and are said to be in good health. Police issued a warning to the public on Wednesday evening not to approach the wild cats, after several sightings in the Drumguish area, near Kingussie. Eurasian lynx, which typically grow to the size of a labrador and have thick grey-brown fur with black spots and a white belly, were once native to Britain but driven to extinction about 1,000 years ago. Working alongside Police Scotland, experts from the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) humanely trapped the cats

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