Four newborns at a Cambridgeshire wildlife park are destined to help a Scottish conservation effort.
Image source,Saving Wildcats, which involves a number of organisations, has been breeding the animals at Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore.
They are expected are to be released in an area covering 232 sq miles that is involved in a landscape conservation project called Cairngorms Connect. The Cambridgeshire kittens - part of this project - were born to mum Canna, a fairly recent arrival at Shepreth Wildlife Park, and dad Raymond, a longer-term resident.
Shepreth's director, Rebecca Willers, said the newborns were "just like any other playful kittens, but we're having zero contact with them because we want them to remain wild".One of the new kittens from the litter that will be part of the project The kittens will be vaccinated, sexed and microchipped and will stay with their parents until they reach sexual maturity.
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