Rewilding advocates launch fresh push to reintroduce Eurasian lynx in Scotland - but sheep farmers are unhappy
There is a push to get lynx prowling again, but the reintroduction of wolves remains a touchy subject The landowner has created a 23,000-acre wilderness reserve – planting more than one million trees, protecting hundreds ofreturn to the Highlands. Not seen in Britain for centuries, he thinks it’s time to place an “apex” predator back into the food chain to end the domination of deer over the landscape.
Yet farmers, specifically sheep farmers, are the main barrier. The National Farmers’ Union Scotland has said the idea of placing lynx back into the wild has caused “angst and anxiety” among those who keep livestock. Swiss landowners have fenced off areas to protect sheep, used guard dogs, and brought back traditional farming practices so shepherds watch over the flock, the expert explained.
Despite the push to get lynx prowling again, the reintroduction of wolves is a touchy subject – even among rewilding advocates. “There is a valid ecological argument ,” said the conservation chief. “But there’s so much culture baggage. The lynx would be a more palatable species.” But the ecologist is also comfortable with the idea of sheep being killed by predators each year. He argues that widespread sheep farming has damaged upland Britain through soil erosion and the loss of mossy landscapes which help prevent flooding.
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