Burned FisherLinks can flourish when release in Northernland, research has found.
One year social counseling by the missing Links project found that Northerland is the only area in England and Wales with enough Woodland to support them and 72% of people in the region support their re -production.
One of only two native cat species in Britain with Wilde Cat, Links disappeared 800 years ago due to hunting and disadvantage of its Woodland residence.
Now, the team is working with the locals, to discuss how a potential re -production can be managed.
While other lost or rare species such as beaver and pine martens are now returning to the UK, there are concerns about the presence of large predators, such as links and wolves, their risks in a high -populated island and their risk to livestock.
Around 20 animals released over several years in the Killeder Forest Area can grow over time in a healthy population of about 50 in North-West Northern and in the border areas of Cumbria and Southern Scotland, colleague reviewed paper was found.
More than 1,000 people in Northmberland filled the questionnaire on potential reproduction and consultation also included an exhibition visiting the field and stake meetings.
Burned FisherLifesque Project Charity is leading the missing links project in partnership with North Inland Wildlife Trust and The Wildlife Trust
One of the major concerns with links is likely to take sheep in the fields near Woodland.
Those measures can be used – as they have in Europe – livestock to reduce the risk of livestock, guard dogs, compensation payments and people on the ground to react to issues.
Andrea calves of the National Sheep Association (NSA) stated that it was concerned that the project “did not fully understand the implication of the real world on farm businesses, livelihoods and mental health of farmers”.
“Financial compensation for loss of livestock, while well, cannot replace the crisis caused by fear of prediction,” he said.
Ms. calves added guard dogs and the increased fence “not practical” due to “legal right to access to most of our land”.
The NSA has urged the project to “maintain and depth its engagement with the farming community”.
The head of the Lifesque Project, Ecologist Dr. Debora Brady said that this was expected to have the risk of “lived low” to livestock.
“Even if it is low, everything matters, every sheep has an impact on that individual farmer, both an emotional effect and a financial impact.
“We need to actually work closely and carefully with farmers to think about how we do it best.”
Dr. Brady said that cats had no threat to people and “never recorded any links”.
Ben Birchol/Pa WireThe project took a group of local farmers to Europe to visit two links projects, where livestock farmers live with cats.
Laura Harrison, a sheep farmer on the Hadrian wall, went on a journey and said that she was a “quite ignorant” about the links earlier, but it was discovered how it was possible to live with her.
Mike Pratt, Chief Executive Officer of the Northernland Wildlife Trust, said that it was right to consider bringing the species back and can provide benefits including controlling the links deer, better managing the Woodland ecosystem and providing ecoturism opportunities.
“Its power is with this creature which should always be in these boundaries forests, where it symbolizes the wildness of the region,” said Mr. Prat.
He said that after a positive response to the project initial consultation, a re -recitation license would consider applying for “Down the Line”, now the attention was on working on a plan with the local people that is delivered, he said.
