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.

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.