Wild animals to be released in Scotland?

[gillmacca]

Found this today in a newsgroup and was wondering if anyone can shed any light on it (true/false or any further info):

Heard on Radio 4 this morning. The (newish) owner of the Alladale (sp?)
Estate (north of Inverness) is proposing to (re)introduce bison, lynx,
bears and most controversially bears to the Scottish Highlands.

 

[shinobi]

Found this today in a newsgroup and was wondering if anyone can shed any light on it (true/false or any further info):

Heard on Radio 4 this morning. The (newish) owner of the Alladale (sp?)
Estate (north of Inverness) is proposing to (re)introduce bison, lynx,
bears and most controversially bears to the Scottish Highlands.

What's the difference between bears and controversial bears !! ):

I guess you mean wolves?

Cheers,

Martin

P.s. it is true

 

[gillmacca]

I just cut and pasted from the newsgroup.
I guess they mean wolves

 

[shinobi]

Timberwolfinformation.org has a bit more info

Martin

 

[TAHAWK]

Wild animals to be released in Scotland?

Football fans?

 

[tomtom]

"Guests, some of whom may arrive by helicopter from Inverness, will pay between �15,000 and �20,000 to rent Alladale Lodge for a week. Daytrippers will be offered conducted tours by rangers."

well doesnt looke like i will be visiting..

i'v wanted to see projects like this for a long time.. im really glad to see it.. thanks for the link! :biggthump

 

[Tantalus]

tomtom, as long as you are just walking i suspect you may be able to wander the area freely

camping may get you a prompt eviction but trespass laws in scotland allow you considerable freedom

Tant

 

[tomtom]

trespass laws in scotland allow you considerable freedom

an 8 foot electric fence doesnt.. who knows how they would work it.. i should imagen it would be hard for them to get insurance to let people walk around with nothing between them and the animals?

 

[Tantalus]

oops i missed that, just skimmed the article

lovely to see that someone would like to reintroduce these animals tho

personally I am delighted

dunno how big the enclosures will be if they plan to fence them in with 8' fences

Tant

 

[tomtom]

be cool if they just fenced round the entire 23,00 acers then jus let everything run wild within

 

[bothyman]

I heard this one on the radio this morning, it just down the road from me.

A couple of nice Bothies there that I used to go to. :yikes:

Bears?? someone mentioned a Bearskin Parka?? anybody got any patterns for one?? :chill:

 

[Carcajou Garou]

Is it just me or does some one else I see a parallel between this and "Jurasic Park", remember the Chaos theory ):

 

[Gary]

Sounds great- how do I apply for a rangers job??

 

[tomtom]

Is it just me or does some one else I see a parallel between this and "Jurasic Park", remember the Chaos theory ):

yup.. but this sounds much better!!

 

[Cairodel]

How will they get the Bears to leave their home comforts behind in Glasgow??? ):

 

[dtalbot]

Sounds good to me, why keep them penned up in one estate though?
David

 

[tomtom]

Sounds good to me, why keep them penned up in one estate though?
David

David.. while most of us would like to see that two.. our excitement is largely because this is a BIG step in the right direction :biggthump

 

[george]

Only 23000 acres? Not very big. More like a safari park than anything else. The stocking density would be so small that you'd never see any of the animals unless they fed them - in which case you're as well going to Longleat. IMO

George

 

[hobbitboy]

The times ran an article on this last sunday, it mentioned that there was potential for a few of the major land owners (one who owned 85,000acres) all going into the scheme together. Would be fantastic to see wolves roaming the highlands. Also the Times mentioned that the animals would be allowed to hunt instead of being fed by keepers......

): ): ):

£15,000 is a lot though..........

 

[tomtom]

yeh the artical mentioned above says that the guy is trying to get adjoining landowners to join in! :biggthump