Cat’s out of the bag with first footage of rare feline

A FORMER Clare student has landed a major coup by recording the first known video of an African golden cat as part of her work to protect the rare species.

Cat’s  out of the bag with first footage of rare feline

Zoologist Laila Bahaa-el-din had spent over two years studying the “near-threatened” African Golden Cat, without ever seeing one.

However, she managed to record what is believed to be the only publicly released video of the species in the wild.

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