Return of England’s wildcats
The first wildcat kittens in a new project to protect the species will be released in England for the first time in 150 years.
While the wildcat was once abundant across England and Wales, persecution by gamekeepers and interbreeding with feral domestic cats meant the animal has not been seen in the wild in more than a century.
A small population of a few dozen remains in Scotland, but the animal is at risk of extinction, and according to the UK’s biggest conservation charities, it is one of the creatures most at risk.
Photo by Derek Gow
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