A lynx dies after being captured in the Cairngorms

After being captured, the animals were taken to Highland Wildlife Park and then to Edinburgh Zoo, where the surviving lynx will be quarantined for 30 days.

Some conservation groups are campaigning to reintroduce feral cats to Scotland.

Helen Senn, conservation manager at RZSS, said: “Unfortunately overnight we received news that one of the lynxes had died.

– He was found dead this morning.

She added that a full autopsy would be performed.