The IUCN lists this wild cat as Endangered, with only 1,378 mature individuals in the wild. A reduction in prey, habitat loss and fragmentation, and hunting are threats to this species. Scottish ...

Young captive-bred wildcats were set free in the Scottish Highlands last week ... and hunting skills needed for survival in the wild. The cats have been raised in a quiet area that’s closed ...

Despite living alongside house cats for more than 2,000 years ... “The last hope for Scottish wildcats is the captive wildcat population,” as Howard-McCombe tells Nature News’ Ewen Callaway.

Hybrid cat breeds are the result of breeding a wildcat with a domestic house cat – and as you can imagine, true hybrids are ...

The Scottish wildcat is similar in appearance to the domestic tabby cat A cat seized by police who believed it was a protected Scottish wildcat turned out to be a domestic tabby. North Wales ...

The Scottish wildcat, Felis silvestris, is the UK’s only surviving native cat species, but also its rarest and most threatened mammal. Once found all across the country, it has almost completely ...

A pair of big cats released in the Scottish Highlands in a "highly irresponsible ... said it is likely the lynx would have died in the wild. David Barclay, manager of the RZSS Saving Wildcats ...

The Scottish Government later ... for resources with vulnerable wildcat populations.” The report also noted that some countries “already require cats to be contained all the time or seasonally ...

Physically, domestic cats vary relatively little from their wild relatives ... African lions, and Scottish wildcats, they found that house cats weren’t exactly suited for group living.

The Scottish government has said it ... The commission said domestic and feral cats are also a threat to the nation's rare wildcat population by competing with them for food and habitats, as ...