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    Fordert die Wiedereinführung des Luchses in Irland


    Fordert die Wiedereinführung des Luchses in Irland

    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2022/1207/1340618-lynx-ireland/

    Von Doitean-feargach555

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    1. Garlic-Cheese-Chips on

      Any sniff of biodiversity should be welcomed but the farmers will cry bloody murder about it.

    3. jimmobxea on

      We need to stop this fantasy that we can reintroduce species such as this or wolves or whatever else. They’ll be shot or poisoned within days. And that’s not my opinion the Green Party thinks so too. It amounts to needless cruelty.

    4. stevewithcats on

      It would be great , but our tiny wilderness is for sheep farming, and the rest of the country is either dead forest or farms.

      Farmer would hunt them to extinction in 4 weeks.

    8. Cuan_Dor on

      There’s not enough suitable habitat in Ireland and it’s too fragmented according to [this study](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-022-00670-2).

      Maybe if we get serious about reafforesting the country in a big way with native woodland we might be able to try reintroducing lynx in 50 or 60 years time.

      It’s easy to call for reintroducing species but the reality is much more difficult, it will take decades of laying the groundwork before we should even think of attempting it.

    9. defo-not-m-martin-ff on

      Do we have enough land to support a healthy lynx population? Probably not.

      Our deer population is already suffering from inbreeding, so probably no point introducing a species here if we don’t bring in enough to maintain a healthy population.  

    12. NoKaleidoscope2477 on

      Yes, absolutely yes. Big scary fluffy mountain cats is just what my weekend hikes needed.

    14. Timely_Log4872 on

      Probably not ideal to have in upland sheep farming areas. Nice idea though in theory.

    15. Shadowbringers on

      The whole island is one giant farm. Where will you put them? Native reforestation should be the initial priority

    16. SpyderDM on

      Would love to see it. We need way more forest though. Lynx need large swaths of forest to roam and hunt. Lovely animals and generally stay away from people and livestock. I had the good fortune of seeing one in the wild once in New England.

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