How lynx and wolf reintroductions to Britain could be shaped by preconceptions and psychology
From TheConversation.com:
Four lynx were recently and illegally released into the Scottish highlands. The news prompted searchers to comb the Cairngorms region, the UK’s biggest national park. People were warned not to approach the animals if they encountered them.
The astonishing recovery of lynx, wolf and bear populations across Europe over the last three decades is forcing us to confront our innate responses to animals like these once more. Now, with the idea of large carnivore reintroductions to Britain gathering pace, we are having to consider our potential relationship with them here.
