LILLITH, the lynx that escaped from Borth Animal Kingdom over two weeks ago, has been killed.

In a short statement this evening, Ceredigion County Council said: "It is with deep regret that Ceredigion County Council reports on the humane destruction of the Eurasian lynx that recently escaped from Borth Wild Animal Kingdom.

"Despite exhaustive multi agency efforts to recapture the class A animal, the multi-agency group responding to the incident received additional advice late on Friday afternoon, 10 November, from a specialist veterinary surgeon that the risk to public well-being had increased from moderate to severe due to the continued failure of the Wild Animal Kingdom to recapture the lynx.

"The safety of the public was paramount and therefore once the lynx had strayed over to a populated area of the community it was necessary to act decisively. "