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The Guardian - UK
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Robin McKie and Sammy Gecsoyler

One of four lynx captured in Scottish Highlands dies

A lynx looks out of a cage
One of the Eurasian lynx during its transfer to Edinburgh zoo on Thursday. Photograph: Peter Jolly/Rex/Shutterstock

One of the four lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands this week has died. The animal, which had been illegally released, was caught on Friday near Kingussie in the Cairngorms national park.

The Eurasian lynx was one of four that had been discovered running wild in the Dell of Killiehuntly area. Two were captured on Thursday and are being kept in quarantine at Edinburgh zoo. The other pair were trapped the next day and the survivor will join the first two in captivity.

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