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Experts fear Scottish wildcat may be extinct [View all]
The Scotsman
12 November, 2014
Experts fear Scottish wildcat may be extinct
by ILONA AMOS
THE Scottish wildcat may already be consigned to folklore as genetic tests reveal the native feline may already be extinct.
Experts have identified hybridisation through interbreeding with domestic and feral animals as the biggest threat to the survival of the UK’s only indigenous cat species.
Now conservationists have admitted that analysis of samples collected over 30 years of research on the critically endangered cat reveal none were 100 per cent genetically pure.
The shock revelation came yesterday as government agency Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) published a new report setting out proposals for the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan....
MORE at http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/experts-fear-scottish-wildcat-may-be-extinct-1-3601814
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