Cairngorms Wildcat Project

Cairngorms National Park

 

Title 

Cairngorms Wildcat Project

Location

Cairngorms National Park

Project started 

2008

Project completed

Ongoing

Scottish wildcat

Partners

Scottish Natural Heritage
Cairngorms National Park Authority
Forestry Commission Scotland
The Scottish Gamekeepers Association

Focus

Species Conservation

Background

As the Cairngorms is potentially the last stronghold of the species, the Scottish Wildcat Project will be focusing its initial efforts in the Cairngorms National Park.  As the Wildcat features in the Species Action Framework, successful techniques developed in the Cairngorms can then be subsequently rolled out across other parts of Scotland.

Aims & Objectives
  • Raising awareness of the plight of the Scottish wildcat.
     
  • Encouraging responsible domestic cat ownership (i.e. increased neutering and vaccination) in the Cairngorms National Park.
     
  • Supporting the work of cat welfare organisations which neuter feral cats around towns, villages and farms.
     
  • Working with land managers to ensure that predator control is wildcat-friendly.
     
  • Monitoring the wildcat population and the extent of both hybridisation and disease with the input of land managers and the public.
Website 

Highland Tiger

You Can Help

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