There is good news, as new Scottish wildcat kittens have been born!
This is great news, as Scottish wildcats are critically endangered.
There are only thought to be between 30-35 Scottish wildcats remaining in the wild of Scotland today - these beautiful cats once lived throughout Scotland. However, due to habitat destruction and being hunted, these beautiful animals have been pushed towards near-extinction.
There are also threats to the Scottish wildcat today, pushing this animal to extinction. Today, Scottish wildcats are threatened by deforestation; their forest home is being destroyed to make way for wind farms these last few years.
The destruction of the wildcat's forest home risks ending up in these beautiful cats becoming extinct in the future; we need to save their forest if they are to survive.
But today, there is some hope for the future of these cats!
There is some exciting news today about the Scottish wildcat, as the Highland Wildlife Park has announced that EIGHT kittens have been born at the park.
These eight Scottish wildcat kittens will eventually be released into the wild; this will help to increase the Scottish wildcat population in the wild.
The news about the kittens gives us some hope for the future of these beautiful animals: these eight kittens will be the future of this species.
There is also footage that you can see of the kittens below!
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