THE Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is celebrating a record breeding year after 57 wildcat 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. Following habitat loss, persecution and breeding with domestic cats, wildcats are on the brink of extinction and RZSS is also leading a new partnership project, Saving Wildcats, which aims to secure a future for the Highland tiger by breeding wildcats and releasing them into the wild.
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Team Effort Clears Fly Tipped Waste From Ancient Woodland
By Adam Richardson
Three Island businesses have come together to help protect an ancient woodland after waste was fly-tipped.
As previously reported by Isle of Wight Radio, wildlife charity People s Trust For Endangered Species (PTES) reported an increase in rubbish being left in Briddlesford Woods.
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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.