The SNP leader spoke out after four lynx were illegally released into the wild in the Highlands before being recaptured.
The First Minister was quizzed on his rewilding policies as he spoke to members of the National Farmers Union today.
Swinney joked the subject of cats had been “significant in my mind” over the last week – after he quickly dismissed reports his Government was considering a ban on domestic cat ownership in parts of the country. “My Government will not be reintroducing lynx, or indeed any other large carnivorous species in Scotland.”
Mr Swinney said there needs to be a “considered discussion” around reintroducing species, pointing out the beaver population in Perthshire is now “formidably more comprehensive than it was at the beginning”.
John Swinney Environment Perthshire
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