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Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE)
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Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE)
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Working with communities to restore the wildcat to Scotland 🏴
- 🎉 WILDCATS HAVE BEEN RELEASED 🎉 We have begun releasing this critically endangered species into the Cairngorms National Park 🐾 This is an exciting moment for the partnership and a step forward for the restoration of the wildcat in Scotland 👉 savingwildcats.org.uk/wildcatrelease…
- Two litters of wildcat kittens have been born in the Cairngorms 🎉 Following the release of 19 wildcats last summer, two females have successfully given birth in the wild, marking a huge milestone in our efforts to restore wildcats in Scotland ➡ savingwildcats.org.uk/kittensborninw…
00:00 - A few months ago, we were surprised to find footage indicating that two of the female wildcats released in 2023 have each had a second litter of kittens 🐾 While not impossible, second litters in the same year are rare!
00:00 - We are celebrating a HUGE SUCCESS today at the end of our very first breeding season at the centre! In a quiet area away from visitors @HighlandWPark, we are thrilled to have welcomed a total of 22 wildcat kittens in six litters 😻 Learn more 👉 savingwildcats.org.uk/2022kittens
00:00 - Wildcats are best left undisturbed by humans 🐾 This means we will not be making the exact location of their releases public. Anyone interested in seeing wildcats can visit one of the members of the @rzss-led UK conservation breeding programme ➡ savingwildcats.org.uk/conservation-b…
- We've had another successful breeding season at our off-show conservation breeding for release centre at @HighlandWPark 🐾 16 kittens were born this year! Find out more ➡ savingwildcats.org.uk/kittensborninC…
- We're thrilled to announce that our partner @nature_scot have granted us a license to release wildcats bred at @HighlandWPark into the Cairngorms National Park later this year 🐾 Find out more about this important milestone ➡ nature.scot/first-ever-sco…
- Here come the girls... 🐾 During our kitten’s routine vaccinations, our veterinary team were able to sex them all! Thirteen feisty females and nine mischievous males were born in the Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre this year 🧡
00:00 - Nine more wildcats have been released into the Cairngorms National Park 🐾🎉 Find out more ➡ savingwildcats.org.uk/wildcatrelease…
- You've got to be kitten us! We love these videos of wee wildcats becoming more confident 😻 Sign up to our newsletter to receive exclusive content about these kittens and all the other wildcats that call the Cairngorms home ➡ bit.ly/savingwildcats
00:00 - A MASSIVE thank you to all 296 of you who helped to support us through the @BigGive's #GreenMatchFund 💚 Incredibly, we raised a total of £23,122 which will go directly towards saving Scotland's wildcats 🐾
- Dr Helen Senn, our project lead, and head of conservation and science programmes at @rzss will be giving a talk about Saving Wildcats on Monday at Boat of Garten Community Hall 🐾 Find out more ➡ bit.ly/boattalkssavin…
- We have released 28 wildcats into the Cairngorms National Park since 2023. Prior to release, each wildcat was fitted with a GPS-radio collar, allowing the field team to track their movements 🐾
