It seems to me the Council were misadvised by the vet. In a statement they said they “ ... received additional advice late on Friday afternoon, November 10, from a specialist veterinary surgeon that the risk to public well-being had increased from moderate to severe ... ".

Given the fact wild Lynx co-exist peacefully with humans in many European countries and that there has never been a single documented attack on a human anywhere then this advice was clearly wrong and irresponsible.

This sad tale also goes to show just how far many people are distanced from the natural world.