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Related: About this forumCairngorms: Scottish wildcat kittens born in in 'major milestone'
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24406659.cairngorms-wildcat-kittens-born-major-milestone/Cairngorms: Scottish wildcat kittens born in in 'major milestone'
1 hr ago
By Adam Robertson
Multimedia Journalist
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Two wildcats have given birth in a 'major milestone' (Image: Saving Wildcats)
TWO wildcats released into a national park last year have given birth, marking a major milestone for wildcat recovery in Scotland, conservation experts have said.
Nineteen wildcats bred in captivity were released into the Cairngorms National Park last June as part of efforts to save the species which in 2018 was deemed to be on the verge of extinction.
The Saving Wildcats partnership, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said that at least two of the females have now given birth in the wild.
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Dr Keri Langridge, Saving Wildcats field manager, said: We suspected that some of the females had given birth when their movement and activity changed very suddenly but didnt know for sure until footage of the kittens was captured on our cameras.
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1 hr ago
By Adam Robertson
Multimedia Journalist
![](https://www.thenational.scot/resources/images/18229209.jpg)
Two wildcats have given birth in a 'major milestone' (Image: Saving Wildcats)
TWO wildcats released into a national park last year have given birth, marking a major milestone for wildcat recovery in Scotland, conservation experts have said.
Nineteen wildcats bred in captivity were released into the Cairngorms National Park last June as part of efforts to save the species which in 2018 was deemed to be on the verge of extinction.
The Saving Wildcats partnership, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, said that at least two of the females have now given birth in the wild.
[...]
Dr Keri Langridge, Saving Wildcats field manager, said: We suspected that some of the females had given birth when their movement and activity changed very suddenly but didnt know for sure until footage of the kittens was captured on our cameras.
[...]
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Cairngorms: Scottish wildcat kittens born in in 'major milestone' (Original Post)
sl8
Jun 24
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Botany
(71,673 posts)1. This is good news
May those Scottish Wildcat kittens grow, mate with others of the same kind who
are genetically different from them, and become part of the parks ecology.
niyad
(117,641 posts)2. Fierce wee beastie!!!
montanacowboy
(6,212 posts)3. Good for them!
much luck to the new mommie cats and babies.
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(477 posts)4. This may have been the best news of the day. (n/t)
yardwork
(63,234 posts)5. I came here to say that!