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Highland Wildlife Park among Highlands and Islands projects to share a £2.6 million European Regional Development Fund award By Louise Glen Published: 18:33, 15 March 2021
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Four projects in the Highlands and Islands will share a £2.6 million European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) award.
Highland Wildlife Park is to receive almost £1 million to help it showcase the richness and diversity of native wildlife.
The park, operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, is one of four projects in the Highlands and Islands which will share a £2.6 million European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) award to promote the outstanding scenery, wildlife and culture of the Highlands and Islands, the cabinet secretary for rural economy and tourism, Fergus Ewing, announced.
Skye attractions, rare species and stunning Highlands and Islands landscapes benefit from £2 6m European funding
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Highland Wildlife Park is one of four projects in the Highlands and Islands to share a £2 6 million European Regional Development Fund award
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Captive wildcats sent to training camp to equip them for life after release
In 2023 the animals will to be set free in the Cairngorms in the first stage of a rewilding programme in Scotland
The cats will be taught how to hunt in the wild before their release
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Wildcats are undergoing a kitten training camp , where they are taught to hunt toys ahead of a major rewilding programme due to begin in two years,
The Telegraph can reveal.
Conservationists around the country are pinpointing the best areas to release the “highland tiger”, which was once widespread across the deciduous forests in the UK, but due to hunting and habitat loss has been pushed to the far reaches of Scotland. Numbers of cats there are dwindling to extinction.