Scottish wildcat at warnham
Once widespread across the British Isles, there are now fewer than 100 pure Scottish wildcats left. Joe Gibbs considers whether curiosity or interbreeding killed the ‘Highland tiger’.
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Photograph of a Scottish Wildcat in Highland Scotland . Photographic Print of Scottish Wildcat from RSPCA . All photographs are copyright of...
The Scottish wildcat is a fascinating breed of wild kitty. Only found in Northern Scotland, these cats lurk around in the highlands, giving them their ‘highland tiger’ nickname. While Scottish…
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Scottish wildcat
Hi everyone, After a previous post on wild cats in Europe (you can find this one here) we actually did some research to find out if there any of those left in the UK and there are! We found the below article on Wildlife Extra: A Scottish wildcat sanctuary has been created on the Ardnamurchan [...]
A £5.5 million scheme has been set up to save wildcats from extinction in Scotland’s countryside. Wildcats will be bred in captivity and released into a large designated area of the Cairngorms National Park. The six-year effort to breed up to 60 animals will start in 2022. Experts have predicted that without intervention it is “highly likely” that the species, also known as the Highland tiger, will become extinct. The cats will be raised away from public view to minimise interaction with humans
One of the last strongholds of Scottish wildcats has been discovered in the north-east by a group of conservationists fighting tooth and nail to save the
Taken at the BWC in Surrey.
Day 4 brought me my very first photographs of an African Wildcat Felis silvestris cafra It paused briefly when we stopped and I managed two shots and then it disappeared among the vegetation. Something, however, piqued its interest for it returned, walking slowly towards us down the dune. We were so excited – the Kalahari offers very few second chances! It is believed the ancient Egyptians domesticated the African Wild Cat to control mice and rats which raided their granaries and that the domestic cat Felis silvestris catus was bred from these tamed animals. Apart from the difference in ear colouration (note it's reddish-brown) and the longer legs, this species could easily be mistaken for a domestic cat, to which it is so closely related that interbreeding is possible and therein lies one of the main threats to the survival of the wild subspecies in its pure form. African wild cats and domestic cats often interbreed in the proximity of human habitations. African Wildcats are nocturnal and prey on rodents, birds, reptiles and invertebrates. The female holds a territory and does not get any help from males in rearing her litter. Photographed in the wild in early morning light in the Auob dunes just after Houmoed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park © Gerda van Schalkwyk. All rights reserved. This photograph and all others on my photostream are protected by copyright and may not be used on any site, blog or forum, nor linked to without my written permission.
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African wildcat, (Felis silvestris libyca), also called Egyptian wildcat, small, tabbylike cat (family Felidae) found in open and forested regions of Africa and Asia. Likely the first cat to be domesticated, the African wildcat is somewhat larger and stockier than the modern house cat, with which it interbreeds readily. Its coat, paler in the female, is light or orange-brown with narrow dark stripes. The length of the animal is about 70 cm (28 inches), excluding the 40-cm tail; shoulder height averages 23 cm (9 inches), and the cat weighs about 3.5 kg (7.7 pounds). The African wildcat is a solitary
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Paisley Natural History Society is continuing its autumn programme of evening talks with an illustrated talk by Adrian Davis on Thursday 6 November, 7.30pm at Paisley Museum. Adrian is a leading authority on Scottish Wildcats and has developed an extensive knowledge of this elusive creature. Using field signs combined with remote camera traps, he has surveyed vast areas of North West Scotland, to identify distribution, habitat requirements and localised ‘hotspots’.
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20,000 square miles, Highlands make up one-sixth of the British Isles. It has harsh weather and extreme terrain, making it sparsely populated. It's filled with creatures such as wildcats.
Staff at the wildlife conservation charity say thekittens, a boy and a girl, will be named in the coming weeks.
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Scottish Wildcat at Twycross Zoo
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