Call to shut lynx zoo

A ZOO is facing calls to close after it emerged a second lynx was accidentally asphyxiated within days of the shooting and killing of Lillith the lynx, who escaped from her enclosure.

Borth Wild Animal Kingdom near Aberyswyth, west Wales, has been criticised for having “no understanding of wild animal behaviour or welfare needs” by the Lynx UK Trust, who said a second cat had died after keepers at the zoo tried to move it to another enclosure using a dog noose.

Bob Geldof (right) arrives at City Hall in Dublin with Councillor Mannix Flynn to hand back his Freedom of the City of Dublin