Two more lynx abandoned in Cairngorms caught – two days after earlier pair captured
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Experts think all four animals had been cared for by humans before being put out in the wild. Two lynx set loose in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland have been captured – nearly two days after a different pair were also caught. Zoo experts think all four had been cared for by humans indoors before being illegally left in the wild.
![[The first pair were spotted on Wednesday]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/21/newFile-2.jpg)
Police are investigating how both pairs came to be in the Dell of Killiehuntly near Kingussie, Highlands, and asked people not to go there. The drama began on Wednesday evening when Cairngorms National Park Authority officials said that two lynx were at large, and people who spotted the animals were warned not to approach them.
![[The second pair appeared slightly older]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/21/newFile-4.jpg)
The couple, which are around a year old and said to have been tamed, were trapped within hours, and zoologists who are working on the reintroduction of Scottish wildcats took them into their care. But early on Friday morning, another pair of lynx, which appear to be older, were spotted, also on the loose. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) said the animals were thought to have been deliberately abandoned.
The two pairs may be related, according to the society’s chief executive. The second couple were spotted on camera traps overnight and humane traps put out to catch them. Together with Police Scotland and rangers from the park authority, zoo officials monitored the area.
