Police Scotland posted on social media a warning that two lynx had been spotted near Kingussie, a town of roughly 1,400 people, south of Aviemore. The public were asked not to approach the animals if they encountered them. A search was launched involving Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) keepers from the nearby Highland Wildlife Park.

Wildlife officials in Scotland say one of four lynx thought to have been released illegally in the Scottish Highlands has died the day after it was captured.

Two more lynx abandoned in Cairngorms caught – two days after earlier pair captured - Experts think all four animals had been cared for by humans before being put out in the wild