Anger after council kills young lynx

AN animal park has expressed outrage after a young Eurasian lynx which escaped last month was shot dead on the orders of the local council.

Lillith, who was 18 months old and twice the size of a domestic cat, had been missing from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom near Aberystwyth, in Wales, since October 29.

Ceredigion County Council said she had been killed after she “strayed over to a populated area of the community”.

The animal park said she did not pose a threat to humans and are “outraged”.

A spokesman said: “We are truly devastated.”