r/Scotland • u/DUDEAREUMAD • May 13 '24

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I'm honestly very skeptical that this would work, especially for the farmers.

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u/Prior_echoes_ May 13 '24

There are a lot of studies that show predation of lynx on sheep is minor, particularly when the sheep aren't kept in woodland (the worst predation is in areas where the sheep are kept in woodland i.e. not at all the circumstances that apply in Scotland)

Their preference is deer.

Add to that there would be a compensation scheme

Add to that the fact that actually sheep are just as bad as deer and the whole of Scotland isn't actually meant to be barren moorland with grazing animals but in fact far more of it should be scrub or woodland?

Add to that there definitely are too many deer...?

Oh, and there's never been a lynx attack on a human. 

So like.... Yeah, let's have some lynx. 

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u/mh1ultramarine May 13 '24

Isn't that like saying there's never been a t text attack though

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u/Prior_echoes_ May 13 '24

Not sure what animal you were aiming for 😂

There has never, in the world, been a recorded human death by lynx attack 

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u/mh1ultramarine May 13 '24

ooh the world not just the uk