A Scottish wildcat has been recorded swimming in the wild for the first time, according to a conservation project.
The female, which was born in captivity in 2022 and released into the wild in 2024, was spotted by a group of friends canoeing on the River Spey earlier this summer.
Saving Wildcats, which involves the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), identified the cat because it has a GPS radio collar which allows it to be tracked.
3 Comments
matelt@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 26d
What a good kitten 🩷
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 26d
I thought people knew they did this?
Piemanding@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 26d
Knowing they do it and actually seeing them do it are two different things. You can have proof from many different things.