It was recorded by a camera trap in Clashindarroch Forest and is estimated to measure 4ft from nose to tail, making it around one foot larger than an average Scottish wildcat. The footage was ...

THEY are almost impossible to see in the wild. Shy and secretive - and on the brink of extinction - the Scottish Wildcat is ampng the most vulnerable animals on the planet. Yet now millions of ...

“I am overjoyed that we’ve been able to give these two orphaned wildcat kittens a lifeline.” The Scottish wildcat, is sub-species of the European wildcat and although it is only now native ...

The Scottish wildcat is now one of the world's rarest animals, the scientist said A scientist who has developed a genetic test to identify pure Scottish wildcats has warned that the species could ...

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A possible sighting of a Scottish wildcat has been made by a gamekeeper on a grouse moor in the Angus Glens. Bruce Cooper, a member of Angus Glens Moorland Group, was checking CCTV when he saw the ...

Facing imminent extinction the Scottish Wildcat used to to be found widely across the country. Today the most optimistic population count suggests there are around 315 individual wildcats left and ...

Captive breeding programmes have been recommended as one way to save the Scottish wildcat The Scottish wildcat population is on the brink of extinction with most wild-living cats now hybrids ...

Wildcat Haven in Ardnamurchan and Sunart was established in 2008 by the Scottish Wildcat Association with US grant funding but is now a standalone project made up of a team of ecologists ...

Vattenfall is looking for a wildcat project officer to lead plans to support the rare species' population in the area around its Clashindarroch II wind farm. The plans include overseeing the creation ...