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Scotland changes course to save its last native wildcats. The European wildcat has been put into an “intensive care” program of captive breeding and reintroduction in Scotland. Found only in a few small pockets in the north, it is the country’s only remaining native felid. But even the conservationists in charge of it accept that the program’s success is far from certain to save the “Highland tiger,” a species emblematic of Scotland’s wild landscapes. Read about it via the link in our bio. Images courtesy of Saving Wildcats/Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (1,2) and Stewart Grant/Cairngorms National Park (3). #cats #wildcats #felid #highlandtiger #animals #wildlife #conservation #wildlifeconservation #scotland #captivebreeding #endangeredspecies #speciesreintroduction