Finishing my Placement at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation

Last week I finished my last placement for my placement year which was at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent. It is crazy how quickly my 9 months of placements have flown by but this last placement was certainly the quickest.

My time at WHF was brilliant and part of me wishes I was still down there now. From getting to educate people about all the cats on site with the guest experiences to looking after the cats and food prep the whole 3 months was incredible. Getting the opportunity to train a cheetah and also do a talk about white lions to over 100 people are experiences that I can not forget and the team there really did make my time so incredible.

Lynx's roaming the UK

I have been dreaming of Lynx's being reintroduced back into the UK for around 4 years since I first heard about the project and the fact that it maybe come a reality in the not to distant future is really exciting.

The Lynx Trust UK wants to find out what the public's view on the matter is, before taking the idea to Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage to ask permission to release between 4-6 collared individuals as a trial to into the wild. The released animals will then be fitted with GPS collars and closely studied to see how their activities effect the local environment.