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Second bid to free lynx in Kielder Forest causing constant worry for farmers afraid for sheep The Lynx UK Trust will be holding the first of its online consultations about updated reintroduction plans on Thursday - but farmers say theyre not happy Get the latest Northumberland news and updates delivered straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes th...

Sheep farmers attack new attempt to reintroduce lynx 1 February 2021 | A new bid to introduce lynx to Northumberland has been criticised by the sheep sector Sheep farmers have again warned of the consequences of releasing lynx into the countryside as campaigners are set to unveil a second bid to reintroduce the animal. Lynx UK Trust is gearing up to launch a new attempt to re-wild the Eurasian lynx in Kielder Forest, Northumberland two years after Michael Gove rejected the first proposal. The ...

Lynx could be reintroduced to Northumberland under new plans THE Tyne Valley is bracing itself for another controversial attempt to release lynx into Kielder Forest. The Lynx UK Trust has announced it will be hosting two online consultation events over its plans, with the first event set to take place today at 7pm. A similar proposal was rejected by the government back in 2018, after farmers vociferously opposed the plans, with many fearing for their livestock and livelihoods. This week...

Wild lynx may soon be reintroduced to the UKs fields and woods in a bid to cut the soaring number of deer which are damaging young trees and crops and causing crashes. The plans have been put forward by the Lynx Trust UK who say although sheep may be targeted by the feline predators, compensation would be available for farmers.  It is now estimated there are two million wild deer in the UK - the bigger number for a thousand years, helped by the extinction of their natural predators like wolves...

Second bid to reintroduce lynx to Kielder Forest set to be submitted by very confident campaigners The Lynx UK Trust will now apply to bring just three Eurasian lynx to Northumberland from Sweden in a five-year trial Get the latest Northumberland news and updates delivered straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations...

© Kathy Horniblow Last year’s accounts have arrived, and, to my great surprise, they’re moderately respectable. They could be a lot more respectable, of course, if only my machinery buying policy wasn’t a complete shambles. I’d then know exactly how to buy and sell at the right time to maximise something or other and minimise something else. But no; I keep on buying and selling at the wrong time, and I blame Chris. I met Chris during my first week at uni. We s...

Sheep farmers attack new plan to reintroduce lynx >More in © Adobe Stock Sheep farmers have warned of serious consequences for their flocks amid new proposals to reintroduce wild lynx in Scotland. A new partnership of three environmental charities – Scotland: The Big Picture, Trees for Life and Vincent Wildlife Trust – has launched a study to assess people’s views about the possible reintroduction of Eurasian lynx in the Scottish ...

New plan to introduce a predator to Scotland after 1000 years will help save forests IT is the forgotten predator that disappeared from Scotland due to fur hunting and habitat loss over 1000 years ago. Since then the British countryside has been devoid of large carnivores and any memory of living alongside anything larger than a fox or badger has been lost with the brown bear and the wolf also now absent from the landscape. Now new plans have been revealed to reintroduce one predator to ...

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