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Wildcat conservation breeding programme celebrates record year By Tom Ramage Published: 17:04, 19 December 2020
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Badenoch s Highland Wildlife Park owners, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is celebrating a record breeding year for the wildcat.
They announced today that no fewer than 57 kittens were born within the UK conservation breeding programme in 2020.
In total, 22 litters of kittens were welcomed across 10 of the many zoos, wildlife parks and private collections working with the wildlife conservation charity which has managed the captive population since 2015, ensuring it has the potential to support conservation efforts for the critically endangered species.
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Wildcats born in the Highlands have added to a record breeding year for the endangered species.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), which runs the Highland Wildlife Park and Edinburgh Zoo, reported 57 wildcat kittens have been born within the UK conservation breeding programme this year.
In total, 22 litters of kittens were welcomed across 10 of the zoos, wildlife parks and private collections working with the wildlife conservation charity, compared to 24 kittens at 11 collections in 2019.
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