一家致力于将猞猁重新引入英格兰北部的组织在高等法院的诉讼中败诉。
An organisation trying to bring lynx back to northern England has lost a High Court challenge.
英国猞猁信托（Lynx UK Trust）于2022年申请进行为期三年的试验，计划将三只来自瑞典的猞猁释放到基尔德森林（Kielder Forest），但遭到自然英格兰局（Natural England）拒绝。
Lynx UK Trust applied for a three-year trial in 2022 which could have seen three of the animals from Sweden released into Kielder Forest, but it was refused by Natural England.
该信托就拒绝进行全面评估的决定向该环保机构提出挑战，但奥比大法官（Ms Justice Obi）驳回了该诉讼请求，称：“根据自然英格兰局对法律的理解，拟议的释放无法合法实施。” 这种大型猫科动物在英国野外已灭绝数百年，但支持重新引入者声称，这将有利于生物多样性并控制鹿群数量。
The trust challenged the environmental body over the refusal to proceed to a full assessment but Ms Justice Obi dismissed the claim, saying: "On Natural England's understanding of the law, the proposed release could not lawfully be implemented." The big cats have been extinct in the wild in the UK for centuries, but those backing reintroduction have claimed it would benefit biodiversity and control deer populations.
今年7月，诺森伯兰郡议会（Northumberland County Council）通过一项动议，声明不会支持任何将猞猁释放到野外的努力，但去年的一项咨询显示，东北部72%的受访者支持重新引入这种大型猫科动物。
In July, Northumberland County Council backed a motion stating it would not support any effort to release lynx into the wild, but a consultation last year found 72% of respondents in the North East supported the reintroduction of the big cats.
提出该议会动议的无党派罗特伯里（Rothbury）议员史蒂文·布里杰特（Steven Bridgett）称高等法院的判决结果极佳。
Non-aligned Rothbury councillor Steven Bridgett, who proposed the council's motion, called the High Court result excellent.
英国猞猁信托最初于2017年申请在森林释放六只猞猁，作为为期五年试验的一部分，但次年遭到环境、食品和农村事务部（Defra）拒绝。
Lynx UK Trust originally applied in 2017 for six lynx to be released into the forest as part of a five-year trial, but this was refused by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) the following year.
该组织随后于2022年提交了一份修订提案，申请进行为期三年的试验，涉及释放三只来自瑞典的猞猁。
The group then submitted a revised proposal in 2022 for a three-year trial involving the release of the three lynx from Sweden.
但同年该提案也被自然英格兰局拒绝，该机构声称，此类释放被1976年《危险野生动物法》（Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976，简称DWAA）禁止，该法令将释放某些动物到野外定为犯罪。
But that was also refused by Natural England the same year, with the body claiming such a release was prohibited by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (DWAA), which makes it an offence to release certain animals into the wild.
英国猞猁信托在高等法院对该拒绝决定提出挑战，其律师主张，根据1981年《野生动物和乡村法》（Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981，简称WCA），这些动物仍可被释放。
Lynx UK Trust challenged the refusal in the High Court, with its lawyers claiming the animals could still be released under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA).
《野生动物和乡村法》允许主管部门发放许可证，释放那些在英国野外“通常不栖息”的动物，而不受《危险野生动物法》条款的限制。
The WCA allows authorities to issue licences for the release of animals which are not "ordinarily resident" in the wild in the UK, despite the terms of DWAA.
该信托基金还在本月早些时候的听证会上辩称，《1976年危险野生动物法》（DWAA）的条款已被《1981年野生动物与乡村法案》（WCA）的条款“暗示废除”。
The trust also argued at the hearing earlier this month the terms of the DWAA had been "impliedly repealed" by the terms of the WCA.
英国自然署和环境食品与农村事务部（Defra）反对该诉讼请求。
Natural England and Defra opposed the claim.
在一份长达16页的判决书中，奥比法官表示：“经过妥善解释，《1976年危险野生动物法》继续适用于作为列明危险野生动物的猞猁。
In a 16-page judgment, Obi said: "Properly construed, the DWAA continues to apply to lynx as a scheduled dangerous wild animal.
“我无法接受原告的主要论点，即根据……《1981年野生动物与乡村法案》许可证故意放生后该法案不再适用，也无法接受其备选论点，即相关条款已被后来颁布的《1981年野生动物与乡村法案》暗示废除。”
"I am unable to accept either the claimant's primary submission that the Act ceases to apply upon deliberate release pursuant to a licence under... the WCA, or its alternative submission that the relevant provisions have been impliedly repealed by the later enactment of the WCA."
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