SNP ministers are to consider banning pet cats, in a bid to protect birds and other wildlife. An official report for the Scottish government suggests establishing containment zones where residents can ...

Owners could be forced to keep pets indoors or, in some cases, prohibited from owning them, to protect wild animals ...

New genetic research indicates that hybridization with domestic cats is putting the Scottish wildcat at serious risk of extinction. A 2023 study that analyzed whole genomes of modern, museum and ...

A man took to TikTok to share a clip of what he claims is the UK's rarest wild animal which he found during a trip to the ...

The IUCN lists this wild cat as Endangered, with only 1,378 mature individuals in the wild. A reduction in prey, habitat loss and fragmentation, and hunting are threats to this species. At a glance, ...

Scottish Wildcats ... cats and runaway pet cats that may also live in the countryside, but look closely, because their markings are unique. The giveaway clue is the wildcat's tail, with its ...

“Truly wild cats of any species are furtive and stealthy. For example the Scottish wildcat is largely invisible and hard to monitor for most of its secret life. “If you wanted to release lynx ...

A pair of big cats released in the Scottish Highlands in a "highly irresponsible act" have been captured and transferred to a zoo following a mammoth rescue mission. Working alongside scotland ...

“Scotland has a history of illicit guerrilla releases,” said Darragh Hare, a research fellow at the University of Oxford’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, citing releases of beavers and pine ...

A pair of lynx that were believed to have been deliberately set loose in the Scottish Highlands have been captured. The wild cats were spotted on Wednesday afternoon around two miles from a ...

Four lynx — a medium-sized wildcat that disappeared ... illegal release of the cats. “The Lynx to Scotland Project is working to secure the return of lynx to the Scottish Highlands, but ...