Rare Scottish wildcats will be sent to England as part of a conservation programme to save the species, it was revealed yesterday.
They will be removed from the Scottish countryside as part of a national wildcat action plan that aims to reverse the decline of the “Highland tiger” by 2019.
The six-year plan sets out a package of measures that offer the “best prospect” for the species, which conservationists fear may number fewer than 150 breeding pairs in the wild — fewer than the Bengal tiger.
via:http://www.thetimes.co.uk/
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