Dear All,

The Cairngorms Wildcat Project was this morning launched by Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham at the Highland Wildlife Park.

The project is a partnership between the Cairngorms National Park Authority, Forestry Commission Scotland, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Scottish Gamekeepers Association and Scottish Natural Heritage and aims over the course of the next few years to save the Scottish wildcat from extinction in one of its last strongholds.


Using an awareness-raising campaign branded 'Highland Tiger', the Project seeks to encourage responsible domestic cat ownership (i.e. increased neutering and vaccination) in the Cairngorms National Park and support the work of cat welfare organisations which neuter feral cats around towns, villages and farms. The Project will also work with land managers to ensure that predator control is wildcat-friendly and that the wildcat population and the extent of both hybridisation and disease are monitored with the input of land managers and the public at large.


For more information about the Scottish wildcat and the Cairngorms Wildcat Project, including how you might be able to help, please visit the Highland Tiger website at www.highlandtiger.com.

posted by glenmore @ 7:08 pm