Phil Cook wrote:

On 13/05/2015 22:24, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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On 12/05/2015 20:56, Christina Websell wrote:
"Phil Cook" wrote in message
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On 04/05/2015 21:58, Christina Websell wrote:
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I don't see the need for the re-introduction of species that have died
out from the UK, just because they used to be around decades or
centuries ago. Move on!

Agree.

Tell that to all the folk making a mint from the ornithological tourism
in
the Hebrides and West Highlands after the re-introduction of the white
tailed sea eagle.


Which is not quite the same as having lynx, is it? they will be a
perfect
nuisance around poultry and sheep. I say NO.

I've seen a white tailed sea eagle facing off with a ewe over a dead lamb.
Those birds aren't small.
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and your point is?
There not room for lynxes (or wolves) to be reintroduced here and I just
wish people would stop banging on about it.
Yes once upon a time we had them, in the 17th century. i have enough
nuisance with foxes without lynxes or wolves being reintroduced.

People said (and some still do) that there was no room for white
tailed sea eagles either. My point is that the reintroduction of them
has resulted in a boost for the tourist industry. It is estimated that
the 6,000 people visiting the island of Mull to see the eagles created
a £2 million boost to the local economy in 2010.

Given that most people never see the 100,000s of deer that cover most of
the UK, I very much doubt that most people would ever see a Lynx.

And there are areas of the UK where there is plenty of room of Lynx as
well as people - Mid-Wales, Thetford Forest, parts of N England and
Scotland.

I imagine the first reintroductions will be with radio-tagged animals
which can be tracked and carefully monitored.

I would also add, that in my opinion, wild Lynx are going to be a lot
less dangerous to people and live stock than some of the dogs that are
running around our cities and countryside. Near where I live, the same
dog has killed and injured something like like 10 sheep and lambs over
the past couple of months. The farmer has, so far, restrained himself
from shooting the dog - many farmer would have shot the dog as soon as
they saw it worrying sheep.

Larry