Britain needs the lynx effect | Patrick Barkham
by Patrick Barkham from Environment | The Guardian on (#VGGF)
A friend's encounter with a mysterious feline creature shows how unpredictable and thrilling the countryside could be with a little rewilding
Last Wednesday, at dusk, a good friend of mine went to close his curtains overlooking the Norfolk countryside. About 100 metres away an animal stood, motionless, in a field. At first my friend, a farmer and wildlife-lover, assumed it was a deer, but then it moved.
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