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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 17h

1/2 Did you see that 50 wildcats have now been released into the wilds of Scotland? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Thanks to your incredible support, the Saving Wildcats partnership, led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), reached the major milestone this summer 🎉 Read the press release in full ⬇️

50 small images of brown wildcats are compiled together into a collage. The wildcats are wearing GPS-radio collars.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey you! Yes, YOU 🫵 Make sure you've signed up to receive the project's e-newsletter for exclusive news, opportunities and content ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/join-us 📫

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Passionate about conservation? Love film? 🎥 If so, make sure you’ve got your tickets for the Edinburgh Conservation Film Festival, coming to @highlandwpark.bsky.social on Saturday 10 October! Enjoy 90 minutes of incredible short films on conservation successes 🌍 🎟 Book now ➡️ bit.ly/ECFF2026 🍿

A man dressed in black with a cap on is standing in a forest of tall pine trees, holding a tracking antenna and base unit.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wild-born kittens are doing well 🧡 The littluns stay with their mum for four to six months before dispersing to find territories of their own. Unlike their parents, kittens cannot be fitted with GPS-radio collars, so the team rely on trail cameras and public sightings to keep track of them 🐾

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A wildcat’s stripes are unique, like fingerprints, even as kittens 🐾 Although a wildcat's markings change as it matures, key traits tend to remain consistent. This helps the team identify kittens, born to released wildcat females, that reappear on the trail cameras as dispersed juveniles 📸

Four black and white images of wildcat kittens. The top two photos are overlaid with text that reads: Two months old; the bottom two photos are overlaid with text that reads: Seven months old.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Fancy spending a day helping to refurbish wildcat enclosures at @highlandwpark.bsky.social? 🐾 Join the team for this rare opportunity to support wildcat restoration in the @cairngormsnews.bsky.social. Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/enclosure-vo... 🔨🔧

A young wildcat is standing alert with its front paw slightly raised, looking directly into the camera. The brown, striped cat is surrounded by grasses and juniper bushes.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Celebrating Scotland's iconic wildlife 🎉 On 24 September, Scottish Wildlife Trust Callander is screening @scotlandtbp.bsky.social's 'Clinging by a Claw' in Bridgend, with profits directly supporting wildcat recovery in Scotland ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/about-saving-wildcats/clinging-by-a-claw 🍿

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The team have been incredibly grateful to residents within the Cairngorms National Park for sharing photos of wild-born litters 😻 Their amazing sightings are supporting wildcat conservation in their local area. Seen a wildcat? Visit ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/haveyouseenawildcat 📸 Penny Godlington

A wildcat with a red GPS-radio collar is hiding amongst lush green grass, beside a fence in the shade. There is a kitten on a rock beside her, and another kitten hiding next to her. The background vegetation is lit by sunlight.

A wildcat kitten is perched on a rock in the shade, and another kitten is hiding in the long grass next to it. The background vegetation is lit by sunlight.

Two wildcat kittens are perched on rocks in the shade, and another kitten is hiding in the long grass next to them. The background vegetation is lit by sunlight.

A striped wildcat with a red GPS-radio collar is standing tall on a rock, with a long, banded tail. There are several fences in the background, and dense, leafy vegetation.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Skye, tell us you’ve got two boys without telling us you’ve got two boys… 😹 Doting mum Skye is raising two healthy, boisterous wildcat kittens this summer. Be part of their journey and support mum as she prepares them for a life in the wild 🌄 Sponsor Skye ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Monday Mood 😾 (…and wildcats don’t even know what a Monday morning is)

A brown, striped wildcat with a grumpy expression and white whiskers is staring out of a wooden box.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Last month, 5-year-old Leo ran Paisley's 3K Fun Run to support the recovery of Scotland's wildcats, raising a whopping £100 💫 The team want to thank Leo for his incredible contribution to Scotland's wildcats 🎉 Become a conservation hero like Leo ➡️ justgiving.com/campaign/ScottishWildcats

A little boy in a blue shirt and running shoes is holding a medal beside his dad on a cobbled street.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

4/4 With careful breeding and pre-release management, they have produced kittens that have been successfully released into the wild 🌄 Find out more ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/conservation-breeding 📸 Ben Nicholas

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UK conservation breeding programme for wildcats

Wildcats are clinging on by a claw and Scotland is their last refuge from extinction in Britain. Thankfully, over 30 zoos, wildlife parks and private collections have come together as members of a bre...

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

3/4 Individual wildcats were selected from the programme based on their genetics and were brought to Saving Wildcats’ dedicated conservation breeding for release centre, based at @highlandwpark.bsky.social.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

2/4 By 2019, Scotland's wild-living population was facing genetic extinction. Thankfully, wildcats in over 30 zoos, wildlife parks and private facilities offered a lifeline, and the UK conservation breeding programme was formed 🧬

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

1/4 Wildcat recovery in Scotland would not be possible without the support and contributions of the UK conservation breeding programme ✨ As hybridisation (interbreeding with domestic cats) began escalating in the 1970s, wildcats in captivity were protected from the threats facing those in the wild.

Professional photo of a brown wildcat looking upwards with bright green eyes in front of a dark green background. The cat’s mouth is open, revealing sharp white teeth

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Part of the bigger picture 📸 Wildcats are just one of thousands of Scottish species that play a key role in a healthy, functioning ecosystem. ✨ Which critter's cameo is your favourite? Support wildcat recovery and tag more images like this on @mammalweb.bsky.social ➡️bit.ly/mammalwebwildcats 🐾

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

WildLand’s Activities Manager, Grant Shorten, enjoyed this rare moment before the well-groomed kitten vanished into the undergrowth 🌿 Saving Wildcats is incredibly grateful to WildLand for their ongoing support with wildcat releases.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1/2 A little lesson in camouflage… 🫥 A wildcat’s brown fur and dark stripes make spotting them in thick vegetation very tricky. Their ability to ‘disappear’ is helpful when they’re hunting and can protect kittens from potential predation 🐾 But this only works if they stay still!

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Don't wait for wildcat news to creep up on you... 👀 Be among the first to enjoy wildcat anecdotes, exciting project updates, conservation career opportunities, and groundbreaking research. Sign up to get your wildcat newsletter delivered straight to your inbox ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/join-us 📬

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

2/2 The feature-length documentary, produced by @scotlandtbp.bsky.social,offers extraordinary insight into the journey of Scotland's wildcats from the brink of extinction to their return to the wilds of the Cairngorms National Park. Get your tickets ➡️ www.antobarandmulltheatre.co.uk/whats-on/cli...

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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland presents: Clinging By A Claw — An Tobar and Mull Theatre

Clinging by a Claw, created by Saving Wildcats and produced by  SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, offers an extraordinary insight into the journey of Scotland's wildcats from the brink of extinction to...

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

1/2 Wildcats arrive on the Isle of Mull (sort of) 👀 Join Saving Wildcats' field operations manager, Louise Hughes, and enjoy the heartwarming film 'Clinging by a Claw' at the An Tobar and Mull Theatre in Tobermory. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session. 📅 Thursday 20 August | 7:30pm

A brown, striped young wildcat sits amongst lush green vegetation, staring intently with amber eyes.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

2/2 This crucial research can serve as a benchmark for future carnivore recovery programmes. The team hope it will also further long-term understanding of how captive management practices can contribute to a released animal’s survival in the wild 🌄 Read the research ➡️ www.jzar.org/jzar/article...

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View of Evidence based ex situ strategy for breeding and release management to support European wildcat Felis silvestris recovery in Scotland

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

1/2 Managing wildcats for release into the wild 🐾 In the latest addition of the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research, a paper has been published detailing this project’s management strategy for wildcats in the conservation breeding for release centre (CBRC), including the critical release critera 💡

A striped wildcat kitten is perched on a wooden ledge inside a large enclosure, with green, leafy vegetation. It’s looking down over the edge with bright eyes.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

2/2 ...The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, and Agroecosystems Ltd. Releases are conducted with the support of @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1/2 Saving Wildcats is an @eu-life.bsky.social funded project, led by The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, in partnership with @naturescot.bsky.social, @cairngormsnews.bsky.social, Forestry and Land Scotland, Stiftelsen Nordens Ark, Junta de Andalucía, @catsprotection.bsky.social,

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🎉A WORLD FIRST: WILDCAT BIRTH RECORDED ON CAMERA❗️ Proud mum, Skye, welcomed two healthy kittens earlier this summer. Her incredible birth was captured by the nestbox cameras in the conservation breeding for release centre, at @highlandwpark.bsky.social ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/kittensoncamera26 🧡

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Wildcats are returning to Scotland thanks to YOUR support 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 That’s kinda chic. Find out how you can get more involved with their recovery ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/support 🧡

A striped wildcat is lying curled around a branch in a leafy tree, staring intently with its bright green eyes. There is clear blue sky in the background. The cat appears curious.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The baby boom continues ‼️ At least six litters, born to released wildcat females, have been confirmed in the Cairngorms National Park 😻 While four of the mothers have raised litters in previous years, two of the females were released last year and are first-time mums 🐾

A small, brown, striped kitten follows an adult wildcat with a thick, distinctly ringed tail through dense, lush vegetation.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

😹😹 It's clearly been a long day at our end...

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks Alasdair - we were referring to whatever the collective noun should be for a cosy pile of content wildcat kittens and their mum 😻

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📣 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY ‼️ Support the animal team and the wildcats in the conservation breeding for release centre, based at @highlandwpark.bsky.social. You'll be: ✅ Classifying CCTV footage ✅ Monitoring wildcat behaviour ✅ Preparing wildcat food and enclosure maintenance APPLY NOW ⬇️

A fluffy wildcat with a brown striped coat is lying on a wooden platform. The cat has bright green eyes and is facing forward. There is green, leafy vegetation in the background.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The landscape that has been affected, much like the community that lives alongside it, is resilient, and we are looking forwards to working with partners to support the recovery of our home, where we can. If you have specific concerns, you are always welcome to email us at wildcats@rzss.org.uk 🐾

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

However, given the scale of the wildfire, we won't be able to understand the impact it may have had for several weeks, if not months.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Saving Wildcats team appreciate the ongoing concern for the newly establishing population of wildcats. Although wildfires are a significant risk for wildlife, it is likely that if any wildcats had been in the immediate vicinity of the fire, they would have moved away.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The fire is still an ongoing situation, and it will take time to understand the full impact that this event has had on the landscape, and the wildlife that depends on it, including Scotland’s wildcats.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We commend the efforts of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, RSPB Scotland, Cairngorms National Park, Forestry and Land Scotland, WildLand Limited, and Cairngorms Connect, among many others.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

To the dedicated firefighters, landowners, our project partners, land managers, gamekeepers, farmers and the wonderful local community, Saving Wildcats wants to say a huge THANK YOU for your tremendous hard work tackling the wildfire in the Cairngorms National Park 🧡 📷 James Shooter

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Restoring wildcats to Scotland is a very long-term commitment and, like Betty, you can leave a gift in your Will to help secure a future for them ➡️ www.savingwildcats.org.uk/gifts-in-wills

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Gifts in Wills

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Betty truly loved nature, and wildcats held a special place in her heart. By generously including a gift in her Will to her ‘special friends’, her legacy continues to feed and care for the wildcat families in the conservation breeding for release centre, as well as protect them in the wild 🌄

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Gifts in Wills

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Betty’s bench 🧡 A memorial bench, beautifully carved by Sam Bowsher, has been unveiled at Highland Wildlife Park’s Conservation Den to honour Betty Heath’s legacy to Saving Wildcats.

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Oscar is focused… …on saving wildcats in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Oscar is raising kittens that could be released into the wild. His offspring are already roaming the Cairngorms, bringing their species back from the brink of extinction 🌄 Sponsor Oscar and save his species ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/sponsor

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Saving Wildcats @saveourwildcats.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Fancy a wild chat with the team? 🗣 This summer, join us at one of the following Highland events: Wed 29 Jul - Highland Folk Museum Sat 1 Aug - Newtonmore Highland Games Wed 5 Aug - Highland Folk Museum Fri 7 - Moy Country Fair Thu 13 Aug - Grantown Show 📸 Midas Media

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