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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 12:58 AM Dec 2014

Grant to fund preservation of Scottish wildcat

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From the article:

A conservation project to help the threatened Scottish wildcat has been given a Lottery grant of almost £1m.

The grant of £973,000 has been given to Wildcat Action - which involves more than 30 organisations, community groups and landowners.
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Grant to fund preservation of Scottish wildcat (Original Post) shenmue Dec 2014 OP
Interesting! The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #1
Glad to hear it. They're beautiful animals. non sociopath skin Dec 2014 #2
Good news! LeftishBrit Dec 2014 #3
Including £200,000 to be spent on taunting and enraging peevedcats, to bolster their numbers. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2014 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. Interesting!
Sun Dec 14, 2014, 01:04 AM
Dec 2014

These wildcats look very much like domestic cats, but they are very ornery and apparently can't be tamed.

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