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A record 57 Scottish wildcat kittens were born in captivity this year as part of a UK-wide breeding programme.The kitten...
24/12/2020

A record 57 Scottish wildcat kittens were born in captivity this year as part of a UK-wide breeding programme.
The kittens could potentially be part of a plan to release captive-bred cats into the wild in some areas of Scotland.
Conservationists have warned the species is on the brink of extinction.
Twenty-two litters were born this year across 10 sites, including the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore and Dundee's Camperdown Wildlife Park.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), one of the organisations involved in the captive breeding, described it as a record year.
'Breed and release' plan to save Scottish wildcat
In the wild, numbers of Scottish wildcat have collapsed following habitat loss, persecution and breeding with domestic cats.

A bird of prey found dead in the Highlands was poisoned with a banned pesticide, police have said.The red kite was found...
21/12/2020

A bird of prey found dead in the Highlands was poisoned with a banned pesticide, police have said.
The red kite was found in the Ruthven area of the Monadhliath mountains, south of Inverness, in October.
Newly-released results from analysis show it had traces of an illegal pesticide in its body.
Police and RSPB Scotland carried out a search on Tuesday around the area where the bird was found. No other poisoned animals were detected.
Highlands and Islands wildlife crime liaison officer Daniel Sutherland said: "This incident is sadly another example of where a bird of prey has been killed through ingestion of an illegally-held poison.
"I strongly urge anyone within the local and wider community to come forward with details on any information about this incident."
Earlier this year, a white-tailed sea eagle died from pesticide poisoning in Aberdeenshire.
A police investigation into the deaths of 12 red kites and four buzzards in the Highlands in 2014 ended three years later without anyone being charged.
The birds found in the Conon Bridge area were killed by pesticides banned under UK-wide legislation.

A homeowner who heard "scuffling" in their kitchen wall was shocked when the source of the noise turned out to be a wedg...
18/12/2020

A homeowner who heard "scuffling" in their kitchen wall was shocked when the source of the noise turned out to be a wedged owl.
Firefighters eventually managed to free the trapped tawny from the house in Spalding by removing bricks from a wall and gaining access to a pipe.
The RSPCA said the animal had fallen down a chimney and was unable to free itself.
The owl was returned to the wild after the rescue operation.

A giant predatory type of trout that lurks at the bottom of Loch Ness is being tracked electronically.The elusive ferox ...
27/11/2020

A giant predatory type of trout that lurks at the bottom of Loch Ness is being tracked electronically.
The elusive ferox brown trout are being fitted with acoustic tags which send out a high frequency "ping" to a mobile receiver.
The tagged fish include one of the largest ferox trout to have been found in the loch.
The 84cm (2ft 9ins) long fish which weighs 7kg (16lb) has been nicknamed Brutus by the project team.
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Ness District Salmon Fishery Board and University of Glasgow's Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment are working on the study.
Ferox trout are found Scotland's largest lochs, diving to 30m (98ft) to find their prey, and are usually only seen when they appear in rivers to spawn.
They mostly hunt Arctic charr, a freshwater fish that colonised lochs after the last ice age.
Ferox trout often mature at a much older age than other trout, allowing them to increase significantly in size before they divert their energy into spawning.
They feed almost exclusively on fish, while other trout will eat insects and other fish if they get the chance.
Ferox can live for as long as 20 years, with the oldest on record being a 23-year-old fish from Loch Killin, a tributary of Loch Ness near Whitebridge.

The habitat of the platypus has shrunk by almost a quarter in just three decades, researchers have warned.An egg-laying ...
26/11/2020

The habitat of the platypus has shrunk by almost a quarter in just three decades, researchers have warned.
An egg-laying mammal known for its duck-like bill, the platypus is found in river systems in eastern Australia.
But human intervention in those waterways, bad droughts and introduced predators - among other things - have ravaged its habitats, scientists say.
The researchers and conservation groups have called for Australia to classify the species as nationally threatened.
The habitat loss amounted to 22% - or about 200,000 sq km (77,000 sq miles) - since 1990, according to the team from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
"Protecting the platypus and the rivers it relies on must be a national priority for one of the world's most iconic animals," said lead author Professor Richard Kingsford.
"There is a real concern that platypus populations will disappear from some of our rivers without returning, if rivers keep degrading with droughts and dams."
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New South Wales had seen a 32% drop in platypus observations within the past 30 years, followed by Queensland (27%) and Victoria (7%), the research said. In some areas near Melbourne, however, the rate was as high as 65%.
The platypus is listed as "near threatened" on The Red List by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, but conservationists are hoping to force more action at federal and state levels in Australia.

A Kent animal reserve says it is struggling to keep its wildlife safe due to a second national lockdown.Port Lympne Hote...
26/11/2020

A Kent animal reserve says it is struggling to keep its wildlife safe due to a second national lockdown.
Port Lympne Hotel and Reserve spends £300,000 a week to operate its park and its sister park Howletts.
It is estimated lockdown will cost £1.2m in lost income and the owners are dependant on donations to keep the animals fed and safe.
Managing director Tony Kelly says the park was "struggling to fulfil its desire" to rescue wildlife.
The parks have 1,300 animals to feed and without the income from visitors and no means of financial support from the government they say it is not "sustainable".
After the first lockdown was introduced, the Port Lympne charity began working on rescuing three underfed lions from a French circus and the rehoming of a family of brown bears from an Andorran zoo.
It is estimated the new homes for the lions and bears will cost £250,000.

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