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Why the Scottish Wildcat Is Staring Extinction in the Face
Offbeat  (tags: animals, environment, protection, wildlife, extinction )

Cher
- 244 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Once found across Britain, this magnificent predator is now rarer than the tiger - with perhaps only 40 left at large
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Carol H. (215)
Monday September 17, 2012, 2:37 pm
sadly noted
 

Christeen Anderson (179)
Monday September 17, 2012, 4:22 pm
So sad............What can we do?
 

aj E. (94)
Monday September 17, 2012, 4:50 pm
wonder how many other species will be extinct before I am :(
 

Terry V. (46)
Monday September 17, 2012, 5:14 pm
We are MURDERING our planet, thus ourselves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEwpRcPozE&playnext=1&list=PL7BA93DF51B88A900&feature=results_video
 

Tal H. (8)
Monday September 17, 2012, 9:04 pm
Horrible :(
 

caroline s. (34)
Monday September 17, 2012, 10:55 pm
So sad.
 

Sam E M. (0)
Tuesday September 18, 2012, 4:27 am
Very interesting and informative article.
It would be a shame if this wildcat disappeared from Scotland, but there seem to be aleady so many sub-wild (domestic feral) cats through cross-breeding that the Highland wildcat is probably doomed as a purebred species.
 

Alexandra Rodda (172)
Tuesday September 18, 2012, 6:09 am
I guess their genes will not be extinct, but spread out in the domestic cat population. I wonder whether this would make some domesticated cats more ferocious?
 

Suzanne L. (183)
Tuesday September 18, 2012, 8:46 am
Noted. Thank you.
 

monka blanke (66)
Tuesday September 18, 2012, 11:01 am
Noted. Thank you.
 
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