Quote Originally Posted by Vimto View Post
Not defending the apparently ludicrous council/marksman, but there is also elements of our own litigious society, and the blame culture with which we have surrounded ourselves.
Nobody wants to be responsible for the slimmest bad outcome from allowing the slightest risk.
And it was surely a slight slight 'risk' here.

The other inescapable point is that, unless wholly endangered, animals like the Lynx, and others, should be living as free animals in their indigenous habitats.

Feck the 'Zoo' and its indignation too.
No need for the Victorian notion 'Zoo' in the developed world in the 21st Century.
No risk at all except to maybe a few sheep