Eurasian lynx reintroductions are occurring across Europe with growing calls for reintroduction to the UK, raising welfare considerations across the translocation and coexistence process.
Lynx translocation requires careful source population selection, quarantine, veterinary assessment and soft-release management. Monitoring collars provide critical welfare and population data but require regular anaesthetic immobilisation. Lynx released into inadequate territories show dispersal stress. Securing cultural acceptance among farming communities before release reduces conflict and the welfare harm of persecution in the establishment phase.