Living with Lynx

This book investigates a vital and controversial question for conservation and rewilding in Britain and Ireland: could and should we learn to live with lynx, wolves and bears again? We travel back in time, around the world and into the future to explore this contested topic. The author delves deep into the human psyche, considering not only his own mixed feelings about large carnivore reintroductions but also why people have such polarised perspectives on top predators. He brings his unique combination of expertise on snow leopards – and their relationship with humans – along with his experience as a farmer to illustrate the discussion.

Along the way, we meet a cast of characters from across society, including farmers, rewilders and everyone in between. It becomes clear that coexistence is as much about sharing landscapes with each other as it is about sharing them with wildlife. The first book to tackle this subject in detail, based on more than 50 interviews in/from seven countries, Living with Lynx will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in the future of nature, farming and the countryside. Personal, detailed, unflinching and engaging, it will add a great deal to this rapidly evolving debate.

Acknowledgements
Preface

PAST
1. The Lay of the Land
2. Our Inner Landscapes
3. Where the Wild Things Aren't
4. Comeback Kids
5. Missing Links

PRESENT
6. The Lynx Will Lie Down with the Lamb
7. Money Talks
8. A Deadly Game
9. Animal Spirits
10. Common Ground

FUTURE
11. The Call of the Wild
12. Political Animals
13. Home Sweet Home
14. For the Love of Wisdom
15. Reconciliation

Notes
Index