Rescuing the UK's Rarest Carnivore | Wild Rescue | BBC Earth
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- The untamable, elusive and secret Scottish Wildcat is in danger, but there is hope...
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I hope these cats can be saved.
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They are 30 years too late I'm afraid.
Not if a farmer who keeps freerange chickens, A shotgun & a tree hive will take these right out, no problem
They can but it will take a captive breeding program going beyond their present level of funding.
I’m so pleased money was raised to support this project. Thank you so much! These cats are beautiful.
They are not pure though so how do you protect them, hybrids can be legally shot because they are not pure they can be treated as feral cats.
Africa has *Lions* .
India has *Tigers* .
South America has *Jaguars* .
And UK has *Scottish Cats* ( but they still are pretty cool though. )
And North America has the bobcat
But also in North America we got Puma aka mountain lion and the Canadian lynx
Scotland used to have lynx
We lecture other countries about not annihilating predators, but what did we do? No more wolves, no more bears, no more lynx, heck, all we have is grumpy tabbies, foxes and pine martens. We could host a lot more here than we think if we kept off green land and stuck to the old brownfield sites around cities.
How can you list-makers of surviving predator species on various continents neglect WOLVES?
Only 35 that hurts my heart sm. They are beautiful
Scottish wildcats are so beautiful, they look just like tabby cats. They really do need to be protected.
My cat looks exactly like these cats.
They're 50% bigger! There's a black version of the Scottish wildcat as well.
@Ted H. You're thinking of the Kellas cat. It's just a mix between the Scottish wildcat and house cats.
The "Scottish wildcat" really just seems like a glorified domestic tabby to me, really makes me grateful that we at least have bobcats here in the US.
@@TedH71 I have seen a melanistic wildcat many years ago probably about 40 years ago.
@@stephenbrand5661 The wildcat is huge compared to a domestic cat, weighing about 35 to 40lbs in weight, about 4ft long plus an 18 inch tail.
They are so beautiful, its sad there are so few left in the UK but at least people are trying to save them
And it is sad that they are the last wild cat species in the UK too, we should still have the lynx
Totally agree
I am not agree because you can see these cats everywhere here , more than million
@@sumnimapaneru3814 where are you from and why do you disagree they don’t kill humans and they keep the balance in the natural world biodiversity or are you one of the selfish sport hunters
@@sumnimapaneru3814 Well most of those cats are domesticated and are pets for someone. And even if I see cats everywhere, wild cats are unique, and our biodiversity needs them to hold it together. Plus if we can save any animal we should, no?
Just listened to a piece on the Economist podcast this morning about the initial success that been had in releasing approximatley 40 wild cats into a nature reserve in Northern Scotland! They are doing very well and another 20 set to be released this year! Here’s to a bright future to these Wiley creatures in the whole of the UK!
Beautiful cats, we really need to help save them.
They look just like my pet cat Milo, he's really big and cuddly. He used to be a breeding cat before I got him, and got him neutered.
My grandmother told me about wildcats she used to see in the forties when she lived in Ecclefecan Scotland.
She remembered it’s dark bushy tail and it would never come close to her but just stared and hunkered down.
It makes you wonder what sort of landscape supports them, but she was scared of them!
It does look a little bit like a house cat!
A little bit!! To be honest I never would have known that it wasn't a domestic cat just by looking at it
My Tabbi looks exactly the same.
The biggest difference for me is actually their tails, they're very racoon like with the stripes and how bushy it is in comparison to tabby's for example. Also their demeanour is very different, they act move and act a wild tiger would.
@@davidmellish3295 Then it is not a wildcat.
@@normanmurray3659 well I don't know about that my friend. After all I'm no expert. I just said that I personally wouldn't have known that it wasn't a domestic cat,but the people making the video say its a wildcat and I'm sure they know more than me
It's a misdemeanor to be a Scottish wildcat? What's the maximum sentence? Eight months in wildlife rehabilitation? XD
(I think he meant "misnomer." Poor guy. He probably watched this later and went, "D'OH!" It's hard, speaking on camera.)
I mentally heard that as Misnomer as he said it LOL. But once I looked back at the video you're right, he did say MISDEMEANOR 🤡😿
I doubt it, but he might have been saying that it was a metaphorical misdemeanor for the person who calls it a "Scottish" wildcat (as a joke). I seriously doubt that's what he was trying to say, though.
@@ascetic3312 Yeah, that's a bit of a stretch. ;) I bet the guy just misspoke. I'm such a pedant, I would have kicked myself for weeks. I hope he's more easygoing than I. XD
@@LadyhawksLairDotCom - You'd be kicking yourself for weeks? I'd be doing it for years, maybe for life! I already do that now -- I'll randomly remember some misstep I made during my childhood and stress myself out worrying about how stupid everyone must think I am, even though no one obviously knows what the hell I'm on about. The mind sure can be a dangerous (and dense) place, can't it?
That’s a felony. Or a feline-ony
They look almost exactly like numerous tabby cats.
Hopefully they can someday thrive again.
@Kahanu Ermeyas-Tulu they are hybrids.
Hope these cat can ve saved🙏
Can't tell what is more gorgeous, The Wildcat or The Narrator/Interviewer. 😍
Its the accent for me
Beautiful
Yes she was fit 🤤🤤🤤
If I didn’t know any better I would think it was a pet
They look just like my cats at home!
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU I know what it is I'm just saying it looks like a pet.
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU be quite
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU no I didn't if I did I would have 5 likes not 4
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU you are being rude I said I know wasn't a pet and it is like you ignore me
Such a regal looking wild cats 🐈
They're so cute!
Who would hut them?!
People, we humans destroy everything in nature, such a sin.
housed wild cat☟
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@@cosmopolitanwonder9675 We humans being introduced to religion was a sin.
Humans are a very dangerous animal
The Scottish Highlanders used to hunt them to put the furs on their heads and other things. They also ate the chickens and other small animals that the farmers had.
@@TedH71 Including lambs.
Looks just like my moggy tabby cat! That species has a beautiful big tail though!
With a permanent grumpy face. :-P
You can really see the power of these cats
God Bless You!!
They look just like my cats @ home! 😍
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU she said looks-wise. Mine looks like it too. We all know they're not the same thing 🙄
@@oct678 exactly.
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU its the same shit
@@andreasl4507 they're two distinct genetic populations. They're not the same
You don't have any cats your waffle
Lovely cat
And when he says "misdemeanor", he means "misnomer"? 😅
That was bothering me too.
Yes. Poor guy probably took a ribbing about that.
Oh, how did I missed this video of the European wildcat? My favorite small wildcats species!
CUTE KITTY
The original grumpy cat, if you ask me! But just because it doesn't look cute doesn't mean we shouldn't protect it.
Just beautiful cats 😻
They’re so cool!
They look like the local tough Tom cat nobody messes with.
Nice documentary. We need to see more wild cat babies - they are so cute!
Alternate reality Ron Weasley cares about strange cats.
Cat's eyes have that kind gesture 😍
@@ashdee1206 stop these hox bud
the lynx is not extinct lmao, also its very fitting to use misdemeanor instead of misnomer, as it is a misdemeanor to use misdemeanor in the place of misnomer, and a misnomer to use misdemeanor in the place of misnomer
Wow, is really lovely. 🐈😍😍
That looks like a tired tabby body builder.
Beautiful tabby colour.
So I finally find my cat origins
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU kk
Love Scotland and there Wildcats.🙂
Big W I completely agree with you on loving Scotland and it’s wildcat because you see I am part Scottish because my paternal grandfathers paternal grandmothers maiden name is Murray but I love the wildcats and like if the wildcat goes extinct it sort of takes a a piece of Scotland with it.
Reporter is 😍
Should be protected at all costs
Nature is beautiful ❤️
They are so beautiful
That's my cat right there
literally warrior cats 😂
A beautiful cat, and a beautiful presenter.
My cat looks just like this.
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU we know. saying they look the same doesn't mean people think they are the same species
They look like home cats
I witnessed what looked exactly like a Scottish lynx stalking through a field from a distance. There were horses and rabbit's around then one if this popped it's head up and down a hill in a low crawling position. Me and the wife were very lucky to see it.
Officially there are no Scottish Lynx, if you saw one it must be an escapee, but nobody has reported an
escapee.
Least people are trying to save them.
For the life of me I can’t pick a single thing different to my new adopted cat’s appearance. He even has the fluffy tail with black rings. He’s very good at catching rats too. I know he’s not one of those, because he’s petite for a male and very affectionate.
There is a video here on how to tell them apart, look for "scottish wildcat identification" here. There are many details, but one which is obvious is the tail. In this video, look at the close up of the tail at around 4, also 6:04, maybe other places. Look at the circles and also the tip of the tail. The circles are clear with no black stripe crossing them along the top of the tail. This line - it's called the "dorsal stripe" goes along the back of the cat, but in domestic tabbies, this line continues till the end of the tail. In European wildcats it stops earlier, and the circles on the tail are not intersected. From pictures and videos I've seen even other subspecies of wildcats with somewhat different look e.g. African also have clear circles. Additionally, the tails of the domestic cats become narrower near the end. In European wildcats, it doesn't, look how bushy the tip is. The video which talked about the differences goes in more detail, but the tails seemed the most obvious difference to me.
Ironically one good thing that came out of WWI the game wardens went to war which saved the wildcats...
I like this.
Wow 😮😮❤️❤️❤️
The first time I watch your channel and i love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I wish you well but with estates and farmers this will be difficult --------England has been horribly sterilised and protection seems to be ignored :)
My golly gosh, my furry baby Par-Par looks exactly like them.
Very cute.
Good man helping Scottish wild kitties.
الحمدلله and Thanks you
01:38 - The cat is not a "misdemeanour"... I think he means misnomer as in it's misnamed.
How does one tell the difference between a Wild cat and a household cat, which in my case (South Africa) looks pretty much the same as these lovely ones in the video?
Hello! European wildcats are bigger, have a thicker tail, and always have the same sort of coat. A cat without those brown/grey stripes will be a feral. If your cat has the same color and markings, look for the size and tail. A quick google search gave me around 80cm length for domestic, 120cm for wild.
While they do look extremely similar, our domestic cats have the African wildcat as an ancestor, not the European one. They have that thinner tail :)
Hope this helped!
Aww
The marking on their face is prominent, which adds to their wilder aspects.
What’d be cool is to know someone 1 million years from now on a different plant in a different star system are watching all these BBC Earth videos
Cranky looking cranks
Cross breeding with mainland wildcats is an option to consider for genetic diversity.
So beautiful. Can see the differences from a tabby. I hope you succeed Inshallah.
felines are my favourite groups of animals so take my money!
In order to release these beautiful creatures back into the wild the UK needs to get on top of it's feral/stray cat problem. With the chances that wild cats will breed with domesticated cats, there's no guarantee that they'll thrive in the wild and increase their population numbers. I also hope to see the Lynx returned to the wild one day.
Fine video. The most beautiful species, and those whose bodies have value for their coats, tusks, hides, whatever, are, are always the first to be extirpated.💧😿💧
(No disrespect intended, but I had great difficulty keeping up with the gentleman. I'm glad the lovely young lass didn't speak as rapidly as he. Her cadence was PERFECT!)
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The image of a kitten here looks more like a domestic cat of the similar fur. Neotenic effects through domestication (subspecies though)?
I think.. They looks thirsty 😟
My cat 🐢 looks like them just darker stripes and a non bushy tail.🤔
Same but mines fat
@KAHANU ERMEYAS-TULU why? Were just saying they look, not they r.
🐱I love🤝 it.🏅 Car 🐱
in Romania there are quite a lot of wild cats in the forests
Do you live there?
@@Solomon0424 in Romania? Yes:(
@@ioana7931 Awesome!
I like..
Cote bgt
The scottish wildcat is said to be the only cat in the world that cant ever be tamed by humans
This is what I've read too. This applies to European wildcat in general which doesn't care for us. This is probably one of the reasons they weren't domesticated, but much friendlier African wildcats. African wildcats are bolder, friendlier, and are very easily tamed, I've read they behave like domestic cats if raised from kittenhood. European wildcats remain spitfire their lives. Fascinating how cats which are so close genetically behave so differently.
BBC Earth have a nice week 🙌
If these Cats can't survive in the Scottish Highlands, then how can they possibly live in the English countryside? I suspect they would only be safe on uninhabited islands off the mainland UK.
So nice to see Hannah again on the BBC Earth. :D
I wonder where you will find somewhere in England with few or no feral cats.
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I have acat exactly like that cat ! I wonder why you call it a wild cat ?
It looks very much a domestic cat .
Because it is a wild cat. That's the species name. The European Wild Cat. The domestic cats were originally domesticated from the African Wild Cat, which is another subspecies of this same species.
@@AnnaMarianne Thanx very much for taking the time for your explanation !
Nice Video
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Bili
what to worry , we can always make any tame house cat go wild again ... wild and traumatised
Please save them
It look very angry ^^
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who wouldn't if your caged up and feed frozen stuff they need to hunt n exercise muscles n roam free n mate n visit the local pubs for leftovers n cat fights...u know do wat cats do annoy n taunt caged up dogs u know life of a cat..now u have some dude wearing surgical gloves feeding you...life can be so boring 😅😆
His eyes
1:37 I’m pretty sure he meant to say ‘misnomer’ and not misdemeanor.
That cat reminds me of Korean wild cat 삵.
BBC have to discover more about this because there's still millions of these cats walking on the earth
Nah there's a stray in my yard, looks the same
UK sure has ine strabge big cat.
Tommy, Is that you?
are u sure these are just random cats?
MEOW
Will Feeding like this reduce their hunting skills?
That's a false belief among many people. Case in point. I once had several feral cats living near me to which my neighbors wanted to get rid of. Not me though because, with them being so close to my house, I never had a mouse or rat problem so when I would have leftover food every now and then, I would put it out for them and even though they wouldn't get too close to me they would know what I was doing and eat it up and I still didn't have a mouse or rat problem.
@@nonamegame9857 thanks for the reply
Absolutely not. Even spoiled domestic cats are a great danger to birds and other wildlife, as they are hardwired to hunt and kill. That, plus their own safety, is why it is best to keep them inside.
@@tonibauer2405 then why there is a board in zoo don't feed animals
@@IamMrEHOPE because idiots at the zoo would feed the animals things which are bad for them or feed them too much. The zookeepers give them exactly what they need to be healthy. The guy who is looking after the Scottish Wild cats is a trained zoologist or other specialist who knows what he is doing.
When I need some money from my dad
Dad : 1:14
isnt the definition of a species animals that can interbreed with each other to create viable offspring? so if these cats can hybridize with regular cats, then they aren't quite a separate species but a sub species right? or would it just be a population?
It's not as clear-cut. With plants especially, you can sometimes even breed different genera, and these intergeneric hybrids themselves may sometimes even create fertile seeds. With animals, hybrids are often, but not always, less fertile or infertile (ie some crosses of tiger and lion are fertile, others are not).
Nature doesn't conform to our set definitions. Nature does what nature wants to. You can still have two different species that interbreed and produce fertile offspring, and they'll still be different. It's all based on population genetics. Sometimes, the fertile hybrids can become a third individual species over time, or introduce new, stronger selected genetics into either population, or become a third, separate population. For example, the big bird lineage of Daphne Major in the galapagos. It can get very complex, but can increase genetic diversity and biodiversity overall.
The European Wildcat and the African Wildcat are currently considered two different subspecies of the same species. House cats were domesticated from the African Wildcat.