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Title: Scottish wildcats may become extinct, only 35 left
Post by: TheGUYuk on 23:08:04, 17/09/12

Scottish wildcats may become extinct, only 35 leftby phenomenica on September 14, 2012
in Nature (http://www.phenomenica.com/category/nature)Scottish wildcats may be the next species to be wiped out from the earth, as conservationists say the numbers of pure-bred cats may have fallen to about 35 individuals.
According to the Daily Mail, a team from the Scottish Wildcat Association (SWA) reviewed 2,000 records of camera trap sightings, eyewitness reports and road kills.
The analysis suggested there could be just 35 wildcats – also known as the Highland Tiger.
Other research also estimated there could be less than 400 pure-bred cats.
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Highland Tiger. Image credit: Dorothy Thomson

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Title: Re: Scottish wildcats may become extinct, only 35 left
Post by: lasramblas on 23:22:33, 17/09/12

Don't just read the article help them here if you can http://www.scottishwildcats.co.uk/ (http://www.scottishwildcats.co.uk/)

Title: Re: Scottish wildcats may become extinct, only 35 left
Post by: angry climber on 23:28:21, 17/09/12

One of the problems is that wild cats have been mating with Domestic cats, So although there are few pure breed wild cats there are still a lot around that are cross breed.