{"id":36318,"date":"2024-04-22T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1c1f3eb3-5735-40fd-b745-26edf931a4f6"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:39:23","slug":"britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain’s lost beasts: when did the moose, wolf and bear go extinct in UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We take a look at some of the animals Britain has lost – although a couple could be making a reappearance soon… <\/p>

By <\/p>

Published: Monday, 22 April 2024 at 15:06 PM<\/p>

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As the last ice age<\/a> came to an end 10,000-12,000 years ago, Britain’s landscape changed and many large terrestrial mammals died out. But a few, like the lynx, wolf and bear survived, only for us to drive them extinct relatively recently.<\/p>

5 of Britain’s lost beasts<\/h2>
Elk\/moose<\/strong><\/h3>Extinct in UK 1915 BC<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
Last known British specimen, dated to 1915 BC, was found at the River Cree, Scotland. but the species may have survived in remote areas into Roman times.<\/p>
Brown bear <\/h3>
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European Brown Bear, Ursus arctos, Bavaria, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Extinct in UK AD 500<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
Brown bears<\/a> were found in England until at least late Roman times.<\/p>
It appears in ninth-century Pictish carvings, so may have survived longer in Scotland.<\/p>
Grey wolf <\/h3>
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Extinct in UK by 1700<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
Vanished from England in the late 13th century: in Scotland, contemporary writers declared & extinct in 1680-1700 (records of a wolf killed in 1743 are now thought doubtful)<\/p>
Wolf vs dog: what’s the difference between man’s best friend and its wild cousin?<\/a><\/p>
Rewilding wolves: what can Sweden teach us about living with big predators?<\/a><\/p>
Aurochs\/wild ox<\/h3>
<\/div><\/figure><ul><li>Extinct in UK 1235 BC<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>Last known UK specimen was dated to 1235 BC, but Julius Caesar mentioned that he was frightened of the species, so it may have survived here until the Roman era. It finally died out in Europe in the 17th century.<\/p>However <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/prehistoric-aurochs-are-back-from-extinction-and-spreading-across-europe-and-they-could-be-heading-to-the-uk\">prehistoric aurochs are back from extinction and spreading across Europe. And they could be heading to the UK<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eurasian lynx <\/h3><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2119\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2024\/04\/Eurasian-lynx-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182705\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lynx, Lynx lynx, in the Winter, Neuschoenau, National Park Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul><li>Extinct in UK AD 450<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>Last known specimen was dated to AD 450, but cultural evidence points to a medieval extinction. However there are calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/uncategorized\/reintroducing-lynx-to-the-uk-how-do-we-do-it\">lynx to be reintroduced to UK<\/a> – so they may come back…<\/p>Like this? Read about other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/extinct-british-animals\">animals that are extinct in Britain<\/a><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/apex-predators-what-they-are\">Apex predators: What they are, why they’re important and how apex predators affect ecosystems<\/a><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/wildlife\/what-do-farmers-think-of-rewilding\">What do farmers think of ‘rewilding’?<\/a><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/people\/opinion\/adam-henson-rewilding-plans-need-careful-consideration-to-strike-the-right-balance\">Adam Henson: Rewilding plans need careful consideration to strike the right balance<\/a><\/p>Getty images<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We take a look at some of the animals Britain has lost – although a couple could be making a reappearance soon… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36319,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk.jpg",2121,1414,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/04\/britains-lost-beasts-when-did-the-moose-wolf-and-bear-go-extinct-in-uk-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We take a look at some of the animals Britain has lost - although a couple could be making a reappearance soon...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Grey wolf <\/h3><\/figure>