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Toryn Whitehead

@torynwhead.bsky.social
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PhD Researcher in human-wildlife coexistence and shifting baseline syndrome @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Parlimentary Research Intern. Certified mediator. He/Him. Views my own. 🐗🐈🐺🇪🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Why are debates on lynx and wolf reintroductions so polarised? Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and WildCRU's Darragh Hare why discussions about bringing back large carnivores can be characterised by myths and wishful thinking. 👉https://bit.ly/4iI2s9D @biology.ox.ac.uk
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WildCRU, Oxford @wildcru.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
In Scotland, efforts to introduce species that have been absent for hundreds of years have led to conflict and two major schools of thought: romantic and cynical. What are the causes and drivers of these debates? Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and Darragh Hare. 👉 tinyurl.com/mrx9zsae
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Toryn Whitehead @torynwhead.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
🚨 New paper! 🚨 The #lynx and #wolf have been extinct in #Scotland for over 400 years. Could divisions over their #reintroduction, linked to #rewilding, be in part the product of shifting baseline syndrome? 🐺 Check out this new paper to find out 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A shifting baseline theory of debates over potential lynx and wolf reintroductions to Scotland - Ambio
In Scotland, efforts to reintroduce extirpated species have been marred by guerrilla rewilding and social conflicts. We ask whether these conflicts could at least in part be the product of shifting ba...
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Toryn Whitehead @torynwhead.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Check out this new article on WILD #beavers in England and make sure you tune in at 11:05am to hear @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social ask an oral question to the government on this very topic 🦫🔎 parliamentlive.tv/Lords
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Today in #HouseofLords 11.05am have an Oral Question on licencing WILD beaver releases @beavertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #biodiversity parliamentlive.tv/Lords
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Hanna Pettersson @hannalp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Today at #COP16, discussions on how to realise the #KunmingMontrealGBF are resumed. The framework recognises the stewardship of "Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities". But, "Who is local, and what do they know?" 👉https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10797 @ipbes.net #CBD
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Chantal Lyons @chantallyons.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If you were thinking of getting my book but just needed that little extra nudge, Waterstones is doing 25% off pre-orders at the moment!
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Toryn Whitehead @torynwhead.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Chuffed to be able to share the first publication from my PhD! Illegal reintroductions of #lynx are irresponsible and the wrong path forward for #rewilding in #Scotland link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Illegal reintroductions of lynx are irresponsible and the wrong path forward for rewilding in Scotland - Ambio
In January 2025 four Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) were illegally released into the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands. All four animals were subsequently captured but unfortunately one ly...
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