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Published online 9 October 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051003-14
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Will big cats bounce back?
Lynx study fuels debate over conservation strategy for top predators
Conservationists are calling for the reintroduction of lynx to northern Britain, after discovering that humans were responsible for their demise in medieval times. Their evidence has sparked a debate over whether humans have a duty to return large predators to areas where they used to live if we are implicated in their previous downfall.
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