DoomsdaysCW<p>Meeeeoooow! 🐱 </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a>’s endangered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildcats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildcats</span></a> could be saved in massive 800 sq mile <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Highland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Highland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> plan</p><p>The new Affric Highlands charity has set out ambitious plans to restore nature and wildlife over a sweeping area from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LochNess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LochNess</span></a> to the west coast.</p><p>Dan Vevers Sunday Mail Chief Reporter<br>08 May 2025</p><p>"Scotland's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endangered</span></a> wildcats could be saved as part of a massive 800-square-mile rewilding plan across the Highlands. The new Affric Highlands charity has set out ambitious plans to regenerate native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/woodland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>woodland</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peatland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peatland</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/riverside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riverside</span></a> habitats and boost endangered species like wildcats, covering a sweeping stretch of the country from Loch Ness to the west coast.</p><p>"The group said it will work with local landowners to boost the local economy and make the region a hub for sustainable timber, fishing, farming, venison and wildlife tourism. Affric Highlands - whose emblem is a wildcat, also known as the '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HighlandTiger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighlandTiger</span></a>' - vowed to see the iconic animal flourish as it takes on the huge 30-year project."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scotlands-endangered-wildcats-could-saved-35186581" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis</span><span class="invisible">h-news/scotlands-endangered-wildcats-could-saved-35186581</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RewildingScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RewildingScotland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a></p>