Saving Wildcats - Restoring wildcats back to Scotland

Louise Hughes
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland & Saving Wildcat project
Saving Wildcats is the first wildcat reintroduction project in the UK, where wildcats are being bred in a purpose-built conservation breeding centre with the aim to restore wildcats back to Scotland. Louise Hughes, a Field Officer for the project, explains the problems wildcats have faced, which has led to their decline, and the methods they are using to prepare the Release Area prior to releasing wildcats in 2023.