The lynx effect: are sheep farmers right to fear for their flocks?

Plans to bring the wild cats back to Northumberland have prompted concerns from farmers, but - from beavers to red kites - rewilding in the UK has generally been a successMore than a millennium has passed since the lynx roamed Britain, and now the Lynx UK Trust - a community interest company formed in 2014 by conservationists and scientists - wants to reintroduce them into Kielder Forest in Northumberland. The trust's plans have received opposition from the National Sheep Association, which says: "The consultation process adopted by Lynx UK Trust appears flawed and misleading." Related: Campaigners seek to reintroduce Eurasian lynx to parts of Britain Continue reading...