Kielder Forest - Big cat alert!

[albion]

A lynx would only attack a human if it was cornered, which is pretty unlikely in a forest. They are shy animals and only attack what they know they can kill.

They certainly will not attack if well fed. It is mainly hunger that makes them change diet.

 

[AndyRM]

They certainly will not attack if well fed. It is mainly hunger that makes them change diet.

Honestly, you are worrying about nothing.

This is just one, of many, available pieces of commentary about the actual threat posed to humans by lynx:

http://scotcats.online.fr/abc/photoalbum/lynxattack.html

 

[albion]

Great info.
'A number of the alleged attacks in Britain have been dubious.'

Something to do with there being no wild Lynx in the UK at the moment Sherlock?

 

[AndyRM]

Great info.
'A number of the alleged attacks in Britain have been dubious.'

Something to do with there being no wild Lynx in the UK at the moment Sherlock?

Tell you what, when lynx start tearing through happy families in Kielder I'll agree that they are ruthless human haters. Until then I'll carry on happily knowing that they are shy creatures who avoid conflict with what they can't kill.

 

[coffeejo]

One escaped on Dartmoor recently. That hit the headlines at the time but I've not seen anything about cyclists or walkers being eviscerated.

 

[Drago]

That's because dead cyclists tell no tales.

 

[nickyboy]

I would suggest that driving your car to the Kielder forest is many times more likely to result in death than a lynx attack.

The only real issue here is how the species preys on farm animals. If and when it does then conflict will occur. Most people like the idea of lynx but I'm sure farmers will not. In France there is a compensation scheme for wolf attacks on sheep even though they have spread naturally from Italy and Spain. Perhaps the same sort of scheme here will be a suitable compromise

 

[pawl]

Beautiful animals but I wouldn't want them anywhere in the vicinity of my chickens and my cats.

Lynx .Wont hurt you ,I rub it under my armpits every morning

 

[albion]

Are you sure that it occurs on 11 August? My reading is that there will be a consultation meeting that day.

Yes, on a second look it does look like it has reached a consultation. Of sorts?

I think they have gone quiet on their original hope of reintroducing bears.

 

[AndyRM]

Yes, on a second look it does look like it has reached a consultation. Of sorts?

I think they have gone quiet on their original hope of reintroducing bears.

Bears now is it?

They also avoid humans, but (unlike lynx) will do you serious damage if confronted or startled.

 

[nickyboy]

I'd like to offer my support for a Komodo Dragon introduction scheme to the Peak District

...and Ostriches....they'd look great in Glossop

 

[stiffknees]

I hate cats of any kind.
especially feral cats.
exterminate the lot.


today is my kindness day.

 

[rideswithmoobs]

I wonder if the Lynx community had a consultation when humans ripped through their families similar to the way we do most species. Should they be reintroduced to their natural habitat? Hell no, not if the humans say not.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Eurasian Lynx are getting released there on 11th August.
They are happy eating 300lb deer so I am not sure what they will make of 70kg cyclists.

Tapas.

 

[glenn forger]

Lynx please.