Two more lynx spotted on the loose in UK

Two much lynx person reportedly been spotted connected the escaped successful the aforesaid Scottish Highlands portion wherever a brace of the wildcats were captured earlier this week.

On Friday morning, Police Scotland said it had received a caller study of different 2 lynx successful the Dell of Killiehuntly country adjacent Kingussie wrong Cairngorms National Park.

The unit believes the incidental is linked to the illegal merchandise of 2 lynxes that were captured connected Thursday.

Members of the nationalist are being warned not to attack the animals and to debar the country arsenic specially-trained unit proceed their efforts to way them down.

David Field, main enforcement of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), said: "Two much lynx person been sighted successful the aforesaid Cairngorms determination wherever we successfully captured a brace yesterday.

"Further traps are being baited successful the country and the anticipation is that these animals volition beryllium safely and humanely captured earlier being taken to Edinburgh Zoo to articulation the 2 captured yesterday successful quarantine.

"RZSS condemns the amerciable merchandise of chaotic animals successful the strongest imaginable presumption and urges anyone with accusation connected the merchandise of these lynx to interaction Police Scotland connected 101."

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Police Scotland said enquiries are continuing to "establish the afloat circumstances of some sightings".

Following the seizure of the 2 connected Thursday, First Minister John Swinney said the incidental "should not person happened" and was an "illegal act".