Critically endangered Scottish wildcats have been released into the Cairngorms National Park
in the UK. It is part of efforts to help restore Scotland's critically endangered wildcat population that will see an estimated 60 of them released in the next three years.
The cats were born in 2022, in a purpose-built off-show conservation breeding for release centre based at Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore. According to experts, among the most difficult aspects of conservation translocation is predicting how animals will respond to being released. Project lead and Head of Science and Conservation Programmes for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Dr Helen Senn said: “We hope that this project will pave the way for the full recovery of Scotland’s last remaining native cat species.
“Unfortunately, life is tough for wild carnivores and the sad reality is that some of the wildcats that we release will not survive due to threats such a road traffic. Their survival is contingent on their individual behaviour in a new environment."
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