Richard Collins: 22 wildcats released in Scotland and 60 more planned

Wildcats once roamed much of Europe — but were they ever in Ireland? A prominent zoologist insisted they were but others say old stories probably refer to the pine marten

Wildcats are to be released in Cairngorms National Park this summer after a new licence application from a conservation group was approved

The slogan ‘Touch not a cat bot a glove’ appears above an image of a Scottish wildcat on the Clan Macpherson emblem.

Don’t mess with a cat whose claws are unsheathed, it warns.