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Almost two dozen kittens born in project to save ‘Highland Tiger’

A conservation project is celebrating a successful first breeding season with the birth of 22 wildcat kittens. It is hoped the animals, also dubbed the Highland Tiger, could be among the first of their species to be released into the wild in Britain....

22 Sept 2022 at 16:04

Wildcats set to save species from extinction born at wildlife park

The wildcat kittens which are likely to be among the first of the species to be released into the wild in Britain have been born. Sixteen wildcats were paired up earlier in the year the Saving Wildcats conservation centre at the Highland Wildlife ...

19 May 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

It’s a boy: UK’s youngest polar bear cub confirmed as male in first health check

Zookeepers have announced the UK’s youngest polar bear, born in a Scottish wildlife park late last year, is a boy. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s vets at the Highland Wildlife Park confirmed the three-month-old cub is male during his ...

24 Feb 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Princess Royal plants tree on visit to planned wildlife discovery centre

The Princess Royal has planted a tree at new wildlife park which aims to create a “truly special, world class experience”. Anne learnt more about the Wildlife Discovery Centre, which is being established by the Royal Zoological Society of ...

07 May 2022 at 11:55

Infant chimp Masindi celebrates her second birthday at Edinburgh Zoo

An infant chimpanzee from a critically endangered species has celebrated her second birthday at Edinburgh Zoo. Western chimpanzee Masindi, the youngest of the troop at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland zoo’s Budongo Trail, spent ...

03 Feb 2022 at 15:26

Zookeepers welcome arrival of two endangered penguin chicks as eggs hatch

Zookeepers at Edinburgh have welcomed some endangered new arrivals – after the first two penguin eggs of the season hatched. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) announced the arrival of two, tiny, endangered Northern ...

05 May 2022 at 12:55

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Wildlife park releases new footage of month-old polar bear cub

A polar bear cub has been settling into life at the wildlife park where it was born a month ago. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has released video footage of the cub wriggling and rolling over in the straw ...

13 Jan 2022 at 15:14

Wildcats to be released in Cairngorms after licence approved

Wildcats are to be released in Cairngorms National Park this summer after a new licence application from a conservation group was approved. NatureScot, which approved the licence, said the decision marks the first ever ...

24 Mar 2023 at 15:26

Scotland

Rare moths released in Cairngorms to help threatened population

Conservationists have released a rare species of moth in the Highlands for the first time to boost its dwindling population. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) participated in the release of 160 dark ...

12 Jul 2023 at 14:13

Eleven endangered Scottish wildcat kittens born at conservation centre

A project working to save the endangered Scottish wildcat species has seen 11 kittens born this year – with hopes more could follow. It is the second year in a row that baby wildcats have been born at the Saving ...

26 Jul 2023 at 13:21

Meerkat enclosure to be built at children’s hospital

A group of meerkats is to move into a children’s hospital to give young patients the opportunity to connect with nature. The meerkats from Edinburgh Zoo will live in a new enclosure to be built at NHS Lothian’s ...

11 Jul 2023 at 11:33

Guard of honour for Edinburgh Zoo mascot penguin as it is promoted to general

A famous king penguin was given a guard of honour as it was promoted to a new rank at a ceremony attended by 160 uniformed soldiers. Sir Nils Olav III, which lives at Penguins Rock at Edinburgh Zoo, is the ...

21 Aug 2023 at 12:52

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