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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Sean of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park, in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Helen Senn of the Royal Zoological Society Scotland in charge of the wildcats release programme, at a vantage point overlooking the Cairngorms landscape. - Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
© Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
© Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Guardian / eyevine
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK
Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project.
Nearly 20 young wildcats have been released into the wild in a pine forest in the Scottish Highlands, in the first phase of a project to rescue the species from extinction in the UK.
The cats were reared at a wildlife park operated by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) as part of a breeding programme that will eventually lead to about 60 wildcats being released in the Cairngorm mountains south of Inverness.
The project, the first time a predatory mammal has been deliberately reintroduced in the UK, was set up after the cats’ numbers plummeted as a result of significant losses of native woodland, human persecution and interbreeding with domestic cats.
In 2019, a landmark report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Scottish wildcat population was close to being functionally extinct because of a loss of genetic integrity and population decline. Its wild population, estimated then to be about 30 animals, was found to be "no longer viable".
Wildcats at the Highland Wildlife Park , in Kingussie, Scotland, on 11 October 2023.
The cats are on show in the park, and also bred in captivity at the park for release into the Cairngorms National Park.
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Arctic fox vixen (Vulpes lagopus), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands, UK
Arctic fox vixen (Vulpes lagopus), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Arctic fox vixen (Vulpes lagopus), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands, UK
Arctic fox vixen (Vulpes lagopus), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Northern lynx (Lynx lynx lynx), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK
Northern lynx (Lynx lynx lynx), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK,
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK,
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) male, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Snow monkeys (Macaca fuscata) huddling together for warmth, Japanese macaque, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK
Snow monkeys (Macaca fuscata) huddling together for warmth, Japanese macaque, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Snow monkey (Macaca fuscata) group with baby cuddling together in the cold , Japanese macaque, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK
Snow monkey (Macaca fuscata) group with baby cuddling together in the cold, Japanese macaque, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Northern lynx (Lynx lynx lynx), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, UK
Northern lynx (Lynx lynx lynx), captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) males playfighting, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) males playfighting, captive, Highland Wildlife Park, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036q)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036p)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036j)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036o)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036n)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036m)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036l)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036k)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment, Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig, Kingussie, Scotland - 15 Nov 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alex Riddell / Rex Features (1975036g)
Arktos the polar bear has three hour dental treatment
Open Up and Say Rarrrrr: (Polar) Bear With A Sore Tooth
Arktos the 75 stone (477 kg) polar bear is bearing up well after a team of expert veterinarians were drafted up to the Highlands to help the four-year-old bear with a sore tooth.
Early Thursday (15 Nov) morning, the male was darted and then a three hour dental operation began.
Keepers had noticed that the usually playful polar bear seemed to be feeling a bit sorry for himself and not hanging out with his friend Walker quite so much; then regular checks revealed poor Arktos might have a tooth ache.
As broken or infected teeth are a major cause of large carnivore debilitation and death in the wild, both of the young polar boys, Walker and Arktos, have been trained to open their huge powerful mouths to show their keepers their 42 razor sharp gnashers.
Luckily for the only polar bears on display in the UK, last week their dedicated keepers spotted a small area of discolouration on Arktos' upper left canine tooth and called in the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's team of veterinarians, the charity that owns and manages the Highland Wildlife Park, and external dental experts to fix his tricky tooth.
When experts got Arktos into the equivalent of a dentist's chair - a specially reinforced table made from scaffolding poles and planks - they discovered that, just like lots of us humans, he needed a root canal. One of his teeth had become damaged at the tip and rotted through, so it needed drilling out, cleaning and then packing with dental cement. Exactly the same procedure as in humans, just with a tooth canal almost six times the size.
Douglas Richardson, Animal Collection Manager at the Highland Wildlife Park, commented:
"Because we regularly train our polar bears and other large animals to t...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CTBPOMJPD
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