WILDCATS AND ELECTIONS
Hi All
Apologies for the slight gap in updates, but we have been flat out following up leads on new wildcats and we are delighted to say that many of those leads have resulted in beautiful wildcats in new areas. Just like the one in the picture above. (we have images from multiple angles so we can assess pelage) but this is the best shot of him on patrol, coming over the brow of a hill in his forest home. It is incredibly exciting and as our community network grows so does our capacity to find and crucially protect each and every one of them.
We continue to closely monitor the Clashindarroch and we recently surveyed the whole site. Again we are so pleased to tell you that there is no logging taking place anywhere and the site remains free from disturbance which can only be great result for all those priceless and growing kittens. We can all be proud of this, as in earlier years without our collective voice, logging was taking place at key times in the breeding season. Well not any more!!!! We of course remain vigilant as always.
We have so much news to put out about the Clashindarroch campaign, new wildcat sites, new survey areas and of course a long awaited Finlay update, which we are very excited to tell you all about.
We are just waiting for the election to pass. At this point it isn’t even clear which party will govern Scotland and which Ministers will be in post. Plus, as you can imagine, journalists are pretty hectic at the moment so we don’t want key news to be wasted or not reach the relevant people in Government.
However, once things settle, we have a barrage of updates coming.
It has been a wonderful first half of the year with so many new wildcats found and the second half of the year promises to be even more exciting, so keep in touch and keep watching.
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Together we can and will save the magnificent wildcat in the wild where it belongs.
Many thanks always
Emily and the Wildcat Haven Team.