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Scotland’s wildcats are barely hanging on by a whisker. The release of young captive-bred wildcats in the Scottish Highlands marks an important milestone as conservationists aim to restore the ...
The Scottish wildcat, a population of European wildcat found only in Scotland, is a critically endangered animal. But for one local conservation group, the Scottish Wildcat Haven, they are not ...
According to the Scottish Wildcat Association, large dogs, park rangers, and ill-prepared veterinarians are among the most common recipients of “non-hunting wildcat attacks.” 6.
Scottish wildcats face lots of problems such as loss of habitat and hybridisation, which is leading them to the brink of extinction, scientists have found.
Find out how and why conservationists are rushing to save the unique Scottish wildcat, or Felis Silvestris Grampia, from extinction.
New reports state that Scottish Wildcats, our last native feline population found only in Scotland, are “on the brink of extinction with most wild-living cats now hybrids”.
There are fresh warnings that Scottish wildcats will be extinct in the wild within months. The numbers of pure-bred cats may have fallen to about 35 individuals, conservationists say - less than a ...
Elusive, fierce, and nearly mythical - the Scottish Wildcat roams the rugged Highlands as one of the rarest and most endangered predators in the UK. In this episode, we track the Highlander Cat ...
Video footage of "functionally extinct" Scottish wildcats has been shared by conservationists, who claim that they found a family of the animals roaming an Aberdeenshire forest.