Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years in new rewilding plan

European elk could be reintroduced to the UK for the first time in 3,000 years - (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Elk could return to the UK for the first time in around 3,000 years as part of an ambitious rewilding plan for the East Midlands.

The Rewilding Britain charity has given the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Wildlife Trusts £15,000 in funding for feasibility studies into returning the animals to the wild.