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Lynx, Dormouse, and Bears (Oh My)

A lynx in its enclosure in Wildwood.
A lynx in its enclosure in Wildwood. Photo: Dan Kitwood (Getty Images)

Wildwood houses around 1,450 animals, representing 82 species. While the Trust’s specialty is in species native to Britain—smaller critters like dormice and red squirrels—it also has bigger predators like bison, wolves, lynx and bears. (Many larger predators, like lynx and bears, were once native to Britain, but were hunted out of extinction by the Middle Ages.)