NEWSLINK: Rare wildcat kittens born at Highlands field centre

Two Scottish wildcat kittens have been born at a centre involved in a captive breeding programme.


The mammals have been described as "functionally extinct" in the wild.


Their numbers are now so low that new research has concluded there is "no longer a viable wildcat population living wild in Scotland".


The two female kittens were born at the Aigas Field Centre near Beauly in the Highlands. The centre has had a breeding programme since 2011.


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