A Scottish wildcat sanctuary has been created on the Ardnamurchan and Sunart peninsula on Scotland’s west coast in a bid to save the endangered species, which experts believe could number as few as 35.
The species is threatened from hybridising with domestic cats and to help alleviate this threat all domestic and feral cats in the area have been neutered during the last five years.
This is thought to be the first time feral cats have been managed in such a large mainland area anywhere in the world.
“Cats of any kind are notoriously difficult to survey,” said the project scientific adviser, Dr Paul O'Donoghue, of the University of Chester.
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