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Licence applications approved for first-ever Scottish wildcats release

LICENCE applications have been approved to release Scottish wildcats in the Cairngorms National Park later this year. The scheme marks the first-ever conservation translocation of...

“Grumpy Cat” could be a protected species

A KITTEN captured after getting trapped in a shed is being DNA tested to confirm that it is one of Scotland's rare wildcats.       The five-month-old...

Fife Animal Park bosses hit back at charity regulator OSCR

THE OWNER of a Scottish animal park has blamed its closure on charity regulators - claiming they caused the death of at least one...

Scottish wildcats hit by rabbit shortage as numbers decline

A COLLAPSE in rabbit colonies has helped speed up the decline of Scottish wildcats. The wildcat has been starved to the brink of extinction because its main...

Genetic test could save Scottish wildcats from extinction

SCIENTISTS are hoping genetic testing could save one of Scotland’s most endangered animals from extinction. The Scottish wildcat, of which less than 400 remain, has...

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