Police issue warning with two more wild Lynx on loose near Scottish village
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A remote Scottish town has become an unlikely source of headlines involving animals on the loose. It’s been a little under a year since a Japanese macaque nicknamed Kingussie Kong escaped from his enclosure in the Scottish Highlands – prompting a major five-day search effort that involved drones.
![[BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Sreen grab taken from video dated 09/01/25 issued by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) of one of the two Lynx, which were successfully captured in the Cairngorms National Park on Thursday, exploring their new home. Two Lynx were captured after they were illegally released into the Highlands. Police are now investigating a sighting of another two lynx in the Dell of Killiehuntly area near Kingussie. Issue date: Friday January 10, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story ANIMALS Lynx. Photo credit should read: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235538795-06bb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=351)
Now two more wild lynx have been spotted in the Dell of Killiehuntly, near Kingussie, in the Cairngorms National Park at around 7.10am today. Police believe the sighting is connected to the release of two lynx seen in the same area on Wednesday, which were safely captured on Thursday.
![[A male lynx (standing), snuggling with the female (sitting).]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_235531780-a666.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Anyone who sees the animals should not approach them, said police. Officers are working with specially trained personnel to capture the lynx and said inquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances of the sighting. They are appealing to anyone who saw anything in the area, or who has any information, to call 101, quoting incident number 0387 of Friday January 10.
The two lynx already captured are now being cared for in quarantine facilities at Highland Wildlife Park, where they will stay for 30 days before being transferred to Edinburgh Zoo. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
Up Next. Lynx has become a focus for rewilding campaigners who say they can keep deer populations in check, reducing damage to woodlands and allowing trees to grow. A population of around 400 could feasibly survive in the Scottish Highlands at present, with this figure rising as woodland increases, Rewilding Britain claims.
