"The news is breaking... So here we go, today marks the beginning of a formal, national, stakeholder consultation on lynx reintroduction. This morning we sent out hundreds of emails, documents outlining the consultation process, our plans for reintroduction and the lynx itself, and yet more documents digging deep into research from across Europe to understand how these cats could fit in here. It's a huge pile of information (all of which will become available to all in the coming days), so that stakeholders can give us well informed feedback on how they feel about the plans. In about 6 weeks we'll start digging deeper into that and talking with stakeholders much more closely about concerns they have outlined or expressed. Early in the new year, using all this feedback, we'll make our final trial release site selections and then spend another three months on local consultations around those areas, after that, all that's really left to do is provide all of the information amassed to Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage and ask for permission to reintroduce the lynx. This is going to be an exciting time, so please help spread the word, we really need everyone engaging with the process and letting us know what they think, and we want to make sure we've got all the right stakeholders involved and that everyone with a stake, feels like their opinion is being represented by the relevant organisation. Share it around, this is our chance to bring back the lynx as early as next year, and keep an eye on www.lynxuk.org/consultation to find links to some of that information mentioned above, it makes amazing reading!"