WONDERFUL KITTEN FOOTAGE

Hi All

We hope you are all well. We still haven’t heard anything about the Clashindarroch hearing, but we will of course let you know as soon as we do. We also now have cameras set across vast tracts of Scotland, so it promises to be a very exciting and action-packed winter. We are delighted to tell you that Willow’s two kittens we showed you are still doing great, which is fantastic considering she is a first-time mum. She has done a wonderful job and been able to rear her young without disturbance. There are a number of camera traps set in the surrounding area and any glimpse is exhilarating, but it's very rare to get daylight video where you can see the kittens properly. We have been going through our footage as we always do, and we found this wonderful video.  It just shows the sheer joy and exuberance of the kittens living a life that is wild and free. You can only see one of the kittens, the other is up ahead with mum. Look at the body condition, the vigour and just look at those markings. It looks like a baby tiger. As you all know, it’s not possible to pelage score a wildcat until it is 6 months old, but this kitten is already showing key diagnostic features, the body striping, the clear head strips and watch closely as it jumps down from the tree. You can see that the tail rings are very distinct with no fusing. A very good sign indeed

We hope you enjoy the video as much as we do.

We continue to be the only organisation committed solely on protecting the beautiful Scottish wildcat, in the wild where it belongs. It is videos like this that make it all worthwhile and keeps us all energised.

Lots of news ahead so please keep watching.

And if you want to adopt a Wildcat as a special gift, then you can do so here:

https://www.wildcathaven.com/adoption-packs

Thanks as always

Emily and the Wildcat Haven Team.