The culling of the illegally released pigs has caused outcry with hundreds of people questioning why they could not be rescued.

Four of the wild cats were spotted a month ago before being trapped in the UK's biggest national park.

Three lynx that were illegally released in the Cairngorms have completed quarantine at Edinburgh Zoo.

Forestry and Land Scotland said the group of eight animals were humanely culled.

The pigs were spotted about five miles away from where four lynx were illegally released last month.

The first minister tells farmers that no carnivorous species will be reintroduced under his government.

Four cats were captured over Thursday and Friday before one of them later died.

Four of the wild cats have been captured in recent days, after they were illegally released into the Highlands.