Data shows that more than 2,700 exotic pets ranging from venomous snakes and scorpions to lions and cheetahs are being kept in Britain. Now, as semi-tame lynx are captured roaming in the Cairngorms, ...

One of the four young lynx has since died ... it has been claimed the animals may have been unwanted pets. The elusive animals were easily recaptured by keepers from the nearby Highland Wildlife ...

The two lynx we caught are very young and habituated – they are looking to humans for security and food, they are used to heating. “We wouldn’t pet them as they are wild animals and not pets.

Four lynx captured after being found on the loose in the Scottish Highlands may have come to the UK through a black market for exotic pets, say conservation experts. Some have pointed the finger at ...

Data shows that more than 2,700 exotic pets ranging from venomous snakes and scorpions to lions and cheetahs are being kept in Britain. Now, as semi-tame lynx are captured roaming in the ...

He said: "These lynx were probably minimal risk, but there was a concern for the community because of the uncertainty. "The reasoning behind people's abandonment of these animals, rogue rewilding or ...

Two lynx that were "deliberately abandoned" in the Scottish Highlands have been captured safe and sound, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said. The capture of the two wildcats comes ...