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Interesting news · 28 October 2025

‘Real hope’ for future of wildcats after another 18 released in Highlands

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Eighteen Scottish wildcats have been released into the Cairngorms National Park this year, bringing the total to 46 since the start of the Saving Wildcats project.

The scheme, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland alongside NatureScot and other partners, has reported successful breeding among females released in previous years.

Experts said this marks a major step in efforts to restore the species, once declared functionally extinct in Britain in 2019. Conservationists warn that continued breeding, releases and habitat protection are essential to secure the long-term survival of the so-called Highland tiger in Scotland.

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