The Big Cat, the Lynx, has until now been thought to have died in the UK about 4000 years ago. New research has shown that the lynx lived until Medieval times and was extinguished by humans, instead of dying out in a natural way. This new discovery is one of the supports of the proposal to reintroduce the Lynx. An professor from Oxford called David Macdonald made this proposal. In His State of Britain's Mammals report, Professor David Macdonald said the reinstatement of the previously native lynx was an important issue. "Lynx would most likely hunt roe, sika and juvenile red deer, supplementing their diet with hares and foxes." Said Macdonald. He also thinks the Lynx can help to control the expanding Deer population. He claims this would be good because the overpopulation of “Free-ranging” Deer is a cause of damaged protected woodland. There is enough forest in Scotland and northern England to support a population of around 450 lynx.
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I think it will be good idea to have Lynx back in the UK. These are beautiful animals, great to have them in the wild. It is expected that they can survive, since they have the right kind of diet and the previous cause of their extinction was the persecution by the humans. This only should be enough reason to have them back in the UK. But now it is even likely that they can do something good for our environment as well. I wouldn’t know why they should hesitate to do it.
I think it will be good idea to have Lynx back in the UK. These are beautiful animals, great to have them in the wild. It is expected that they can survive, since they have the right kind of diet and the previous cause of their extinction was the persecution by the humans. This only should be enough reason to have them back in the UK. But now it is even likely that they can do something good for our environment as well. I wouldn’t know why they should hesitate to do it.
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I agree with you Bas. I think it is a oppertunity for us (in this case the English people) to restore some of the mistakes made in the past. Reintroducing the lynx wouldn't harm anyone and indeed should be reintroduced in the near future. At least we can do something back for the environment.
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