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[@ericwilson8867]

The Scottish wildcat clearly doesn't appreciate us destroying its habitat and it wants to make it known. Very angry cat.

[@LeaveCurious]

No it certainly doesn't. If they were only even 3x bigger, we'd be in trouble!

[@moomin1632]

I give regularly to a Scottish wildcat charity that helps not only the cats directly but is also fighting the government to stop logging and create more protected areas, so it's really nice to see someone highlighting this important topic.

[@jackcocker545]

I've not got an animal suggestion but a video on the history and decline of scots pine in england and the reasons behind it would be pretty interesting. I absolutely love your content BTW, I'm trying to build up my career in ecology atm but it's hard being from Manchester, your videos are a very big inspiration for me and I watch all of them as soon as they crop up

[@LeaveCurious]

Alright nice suggestion! Awesome Jack, what aspects of ecology interest you?? I might be able to help a bit.

[@jackcocker545]

@@LeaveCurious mostly reintroductions and I wanna work across northern england, I am thinking about taking an apprenticeship in Essex though which would be amazing because of the salt marshes down there

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

i hope your middle name is off

[@jackcocker545]

@@RichardMontgomeryYT that's my last name and I am very proud of its origins

[@leroybabcock6652]

I really am enchanted by this cat never heard of it before. Thanks, good luck kitty I hope you get more land soon

[@JohnJohnson-fl2fr]

I wonder if my cat has some Scottish wildcat in it, she was a stray kitten we found covered in fleas and on the brink of starvation under a car in a village near the Moray Firth. Obviously she’s mostly domestic cat but she’s very large and much more independent and standoffish than the typical house cat.

[@JohnJohnson-fl2fr]

She has the stripes and the large teeth as well

[@LeaveCurious]

There's a strong chance she might be!!

[@carolinejayes157]

Precious scotch wild cat , i do hope the work preserves the blood line land owners ,farmers ,goverment should support this project.

[@LeaveCurious]

Agreed Caroline. It’s going to need a lot of support from cat owners in the release areas.

[@theotheseaeagle]

@@LeaveCurious yes, hopefully cat owners neuter their cats, as hybridisation between domestic cats and Scottish wildcats is one of their biggest threats

[@DavidFraser007]

I'm lucky enough to have seen one in the wild, 1975, I was 16.

[@LeaveCurious]

Amazing. I hope there'll be more opportunities in the future.

[@marthamathilda]

omg great!! ive seen a wildcat near my home village once / it was a magical split second moment before it ran away🐾

[@coolbeans8682]

Wow, I had no idea that the UK even had wild cats. Thanks for a nice video!

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Wildcats are native to every continent except Australia.

[@PaulCoxC]

As cute as they are, domestic cats have a lot to answer for generally! Although I guess it should be their owners rather than the cats themselves :)

[@LeaveCurious]

Yes, it’ll be a massive part of the long term success of this project & also managing the strays!

[@RaptorFH]

@Anti Wufei no, domestic cats are felis catus, same genus, different species.

[@kotarojujo2737]

​​@@RaptorFHstill very close enough. African wildcat and european/scottish wildcat are very very close genetically to domestic cat, that's why they can interbreed freely.

[@RaptorFH]

@kotarojujo2737 yes, alot of the time members across the same genera can interbreed and sometimes produce fertile offspring.

[@kotarojujo2737]

yes many times but not always like donkey and horse@@RaptorFH

[@JacksonsMainAcc]

I can't stress enough how important keeping domestic cats indoors are! Not only is it safer for your feline, but when I tell the owners it hurts the ecosystem...this is exactly what I mean! I love the scottish wildcat, thank you for bringing light to their situation!

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah it's really important in this situation!!

[@mihaelam8339]

In this case, neutering the pets would suffice. It's so irresponsible for a male cat owner not to neuter it and allowing it to go outside.

[@tss9886]

Except in this case the solution is to fix your animals so cross breeding doesn't occur. Studies have shown that domestic cats have filled a vacuum left because of the absence of natural predators in towns and cities. Unless you want to be overrun by rats and mice the cats need to be outside.

[@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep]

​@@antiwufei553 Great Danes and Chihuahuas are the same species as well but I don't think you'd reccomend breeding them, would you? Any individual organism apart from identical twins and natural clones that occur in a few organisms are genetically separable. The point in this case isn't that the DNA of the organisms is too far apart that it prevents them from producing viable offspring. Domesticated animals are generally less intelligent, breeding them would lead to offspring that isn't adapted to the niche that the feral ones are, disrupting the ecosystem that they are part of. Also domesticated animals are often prone to certain diseases and ailments due to overbreeding.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

​@@ScheveSneeuwSchuifSchep Cat breeds aren't as genetically separate as dog breeds. A cat is a cat regardless of it's breed.

[@sarahmorris1912]

Please read about Wildcat Haven charity that works very hard to both protect the Scottish wildcat & promote the fact that they are NOT extinct. The government & RZS are not following best practices for the welfare of all wildcats & these independent charities need public support to support the wildcats 😻

[@Foosterish]

Leave Curious - could you do a further video about The Wildcat Haven group?

[@IndianKat]

Ferocious cat. I think tiger cat is UK's top land predator.

[@LeaveCurious]

Yes, unless the big cat stories are true of Puma/panthers roaming in the shadows...

[@thenewcamelot8873]

badger is more dangerous maybe

[@operationgoldfish8331]

Let's look at this from a different perspective for a moment. We have two types of cat in the UK, which can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. The British feral cat, _Felis silvestris catus_ has been here in the UK at least 2000 years, whereas the subspecies, _Felis silvestris_ has been here a few thousand years more and presumably spent at least two millennia cross breeding with feral _silvestris catus._ So we are really looking at _breeds_ here and setting a preferred phenotype for the individuals that live in a specific area. There is just as much variation between _catus_ breeds as there is between British feral cats and the Scottish wildcat. The fact that the greatest threat to its existence is interbreeding suggests that it isn't really a species at all, and the only factor that contributed to its differentiation was geographic isolation. The reason why I mention this is that the genes for the specified 'Scottish Wild Cat' characteristics undoubtedly exist within the common _catus_ genome, which means that what is being touted as preservation of a 'species' is more likely to be the creation of a breed that looks like a 'Scottish Wild Cat' is *meant* to look but may have no more direct familial connection to the actual article than your average fireside moggy. Which is fine, if that's what you want to do, _as long as you do not harm animals in the process._ This conservational beauty competition should not be an excuse for culling our native feral population, who have been here for millennia and have as much right to be here as their (kissing) cousins.

[@anniehill9909]

Speciation is a difficult thing. Populations of glaucous-winged gulls will hybridise with herring gulls (or other species) where colonies exist side by side: are they therefore just different 'breeds' of gull? Unless the breeding colonies are adjacent, they don't interbreed. Equally, grizzly bears will breed with polar bears and produce fertile young. There are other examples. There are times when we have to admit that we don't understand all the subtleties in the natural world. I beleive that generally, a wildcat will choose to mate with a wildcat and if there are sufficient around, I doubt the ferals will get a look-in. At least let's give them a chance to flourish as they are and have been for milennia.

[@operationgoldfish8331]

@@anniehill9909 I'm all for giving them a chance. What I object to is trying to prevent what, until now, has been a natural mechanism of evolution. If we had some meddling aliens doing the same thing a million or so years ago, there would be at least five different versions of hominin and modern humans wouldn't exist.

[@cuebj]

Made similar point before scrolling down to your excellent comment

[@kotarojujo2737]

​@@anniehill9909polar bears abd grizzly are still very close. Polar bears evolved from grizzly very recently

[@blue2mato312]

Their behavior is very different though. It would be a great loss to lose the Scottish Wildcat which is adapted to their environment and have been there for 10 000 years. It is a subspecies of the European Wildcat, but they are both closely related to the domestic cat. However you can’t tame a Scottish Wildcat, nor does it keep on decimating it’s environment by killing when it has no need for food such as the domesticated cat does.

[@starboy1698]

This video was very interesting.People need more rewilding projects as endangered species are very important.

[@mickcarson8504]

What a beautiful animal. Absolutely a Maestro. 🙀

[@LeaveCurious]

Certainly is Mick, i love them!

[@MicheleKaiser-io2dx]

In 20 seconds I became crazy in love with this fabulous cat..many thanks for the beautifully done photography..To make it a double upper, my ancestral home near Mull, Scotland seems to be their preferred territory. I was there but never saw one. ...surprise surprise

[@DuartedeZ]

I would love to see a feature on some of the UKs marine life :)

[@LeaveCurious]

alright, ill make it happen!

[@MrGrombie]

@@LeaveCurious How about freshwater ecosystems now? Not enough people make videos on the smaller fishes and crustaceans.

[@eric2500]

@@LeaveCurious Excellent - you are an island after all!

[@johnnichols2565]

Rob here's a wee bit of help towards your trip to Scotland! Love your work and really hope these cats pull through!

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you! Just seen this!

[@lorenzo7026]

Great project, I'm from Italy and I would love to have also in my country initiatives like these!

[@LeaveCurious]

Drop a comment on which Animal/project you'd like to see next?!

[@louislamonte334]

Bravo!! Your videos are always a joy! Thank you for your tireless work! I hope one day you're knighted!

[@LeaveCurious]

Ah that's just about one of the nicest compliments I've received, thank you!!!

[@DuartedeZ]

Great video Rob! :)

[@LeaveCurious]

Thanks man!

[@topp0009]

let's turn brown sites into green sites and build some woods, link em all up throughout England, under road tunnels for animals

[@marthamathilda]

i hope youll never feel defeated never uninspired and never helpless 🌿🐾 you helped me gain back a sense of we can do something we can change the street were walking down and we matter which i had lost over the past years

[@blue2mato312]

❤

[@romerosignatus]

Nice video, I hope the Scottish wildcat recovers

[@LeaveCurious]

I hope so too, thanks for commenting 👍🌿

[@ianspingle8865]

The UK needs a larger predator but I think the lynx is the only one that farmers might be willing to live with.

[@IbexWatcher]

Inspiring as always! Do you know if any studies have been done on potential competition if lynx were to be reintroduced? I know that their size difference allows for different prey use, but could we see a situation such as in Yellowstone when wolves killed/displaced a lot of coyotes? That was fine in Yellowstone because coyotes have a healthy population and are still thriving, but I would worry that a newly introduced lynx population would destabilize the tiny wild cats if the population weren’t robust enough yet

[@LeaveCurious]

I think in Europe wildcat & Lynx coexist, but conditions are different to that of UK… given the nature of the two animals I think they’d rarely interfere with one and other unless resources were scarce. That’s why it great to see a 50-100 year rewilding plan/vision which considers these issues along the way.

[@IbexWatcher]

@@LeaveCurious Awesome, I like that idea a lot! I think both species will be able to coexist again one day soon, as long as concerns for both are accounted for :)

[@liamcole1121]

Super interesting as always!

[@LeaveCurious]

Pleased you enjoyed it Liam, thanks man!

[@richardspeed7135]

Good review, beautiful animals.

[@daniadejonghe4980]

That is one tough cookie..... sending you all lots and lots of love for the work you do.

[@akumaking1]

Me: it’s sad how this species is slowly going extinct due to crossbreeding. Also me: I wish to pet this creature

[@LeaveCurious]

Could be cool if you lived in a cabin deep in the woods….

[@akumaking1]

@@LeaveCurious what will happen to all of the hybrids? Are they be numerous enough to be declared a specific breed? (Eg Lesser Scottish Wildcat). It would be cruel to simply cull them

[@cuebj]

It isn't. It's not a separate species by any stretch of the term. Only separated by about 10,000 years.

[@blue2mato312]

@@cuebj No you are thinking about the European Wildcat which has been separated since Britain was cut off from the mainland. The Scottish Wildcat is a subspecies of the European Wildcat from isolation from the rest of the European Wildcats. They are much closer related to each other than to the domesticated cat which once was a wild species of cat from north east Africa.

[@blue2mato312]

@akumaking1 All cats can make us want to pet them, but the Scottish Wildcat wouldn’t want to be 😅 People have tried to domesticate them, but the pure species can not be tamed. I love that about them ❤

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

it has the most intense stare lol.

[@LeaveCurious]

I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of one!

[@holycrocs3670]

I had no idea this species existed until now!

[@marthamathilda]

id love an update some day on this 🐾

[@Greenmarty]

Seem like we had Scottish cat or hybrid. We found kitten on streets to grow into big and very intelligent cat. I was trying to find his breed but nothing has come so close as Scottish cat.

[@HerrMisterTheo]

One thing that kind of bothered me throughout the video was the talk about inbreeding, because that's not what's happening. It's actually quite the opposite. The problem isn't inbreeding, it's outbreeding. Inbreeding is when individuals that are too closely related create offspring, which "concentrates" harmful genes and makes the offspring less ecologically fit. In the case of the Scottish wildcats on the other hand two species that are too DISTANTLY related produce fertile offspring and as a result the beneficial genes of the native/better adapted species are diluted.

[@robinhazell6019]

Is this true? A few years ago, I read that the Scottish Wildcat is the only cat species that cannot be tamed.

[@blue2mato312]

I don’t know if it is the only cat species that can’t be tamed, but I have read and watched videos about the Scottish Wildcat clearly stating that it can’t be tamed. I love that about them.

[@robinhazell6019]

@@blue2mato312 Cherers!

[@Gamer-Rex]

If the wolf still lived in the uk, it would be in a worse situation

[@LeaveCurious]

Quite possibly yes

[@MazHem]

While I think online there's a lot of contentious stuff about domestic cats, and especially from americans projecting their anxieties onto the uk, I do think that anyone who lives in an area where scottish wildcats are, should either have their cats neutered or kept within a catio.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

They aren't even a separate species if they are so similar they can breed with each other.

[@MazHem]

@@Based_Gigachad_001 I'm not an expert about them I don't know the differences

[@blue2mato312]

It is critical for the survival of the Scottish Wildcat that they do. It’s not only americans who sees domestic cats as contentious, here in Norway the wild bird organisation have tried to warn people about how much cats roaming free outside threatens our bird populations. But people don’t listen to this as it is inconvenient and they are so used to doing it that way. In Britain studies have shown that well fed domestic cats kill even more wildlife than those who are not. I don’t think there is any other cat species who behaves this way except for the domestic cat, and I believe it is us humans thousands of years ago who have influenced them/bred to keep killing even if they don’t need food. But while there is no knowing for certain why, it is not a trait that would serve any wild cat. Nor our increasingly fragile ecosystem.

[@blue2mato312]

@@Based_Gigachad_001 They are separate enough for the Scottish Wildcat (and other European Wildcats) to be adapted to their environment while the domestic cats are not. Their behaviours are also very different. The Scottish Wildcat can not be tamed. But obviously the domestic cat can. The European Wildcats (including the Scottish subsoecies) do not pose a threat to their ecosystems, they are a part of it. Domesticated cats do pose a threat to their ecosystems. It would be awful to lose such a special feline as the Scottish Wildcat. I hope it can be saved.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

@@blue2mato312 Cats aren't even domesticated. They are literally just a subspecies of African/European/Asiatic wildcat.

[@susanr5546]

There was a wonderful series on Netflix about the Scottish wildcat, fascinating! I hope they thrive.

[@O.bengee]

What's it called ?

[@hanikaram3351]

long live the cats , the Scotts are very lucky to have their own Tiger the Highland cat

[@chipsthedog1]

The highland tiger would be such a cool name

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Humans are the only invasive species in the UK. These cats have been here longer than the Anglo Saxons and they will still be here long after they have left. How are they separate species when they can produce fertile offspring and look exactly the same?

[@Solomon0424]

Did you watch the video, the scottish wild cat and the domestic cat DO NOT look the same. The man just said the wild cat stripes are straighter and have thicker fur.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

@@Solomon0424 At best they are a separate race. But not much different.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

I like the term "rewilding". It would be great to bring it to the US.

[@ginalou5774]

I think it’s really strange that they release the feral domestic cats back into the wild once neutered. Such a strange choice. Then again I am Australian and our policy is to euthanize feral cats. They are horrifically destructive to our native wildlife.

[@LeaveCurious]

Yeah, I don't know how destructive cats are exactly, at least this way the threat is taken away from the wild cat.

[@glenncordova4027]

In recent years they have started a catch, neuter and release program with feral cats. This was done because they have a no kill policy and feral cats often can't be domesticated and adopted out. This has resulted in an explosion in feral cat numbers. It is bad for the local bird population but cat lovers will accept nothing else.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Cats are native to the UK and always have been and always will be. You can cry about that if you'd like but we don't care.

[@blue2mato312]

@@Based_Gigachad_001 The domesticated feral cats are not native, too little time have passed. And they do kill a lot of threatened wildlife like birds. Thier behavior is different from the native wildcat which does not continue to kill “for fun”.

[@blue2mato312]

It is estimated in Norway that cats are responsible for killing over one million birds each year. When this is taken into consideration with declining numbers and threatened species because of human activity and habitat loss this puts an extra strain on the bird species. They also pose a particular threat to grounddwelling birds, and some of them are endangered now like the yellow hammer.

[@anniehill9909]

Brilliant. What magnificent animals! I was wondering why the feral cats are released. Is it in the hope that they will maintain territories that will keep fertile cats away from the area where they are hoping to reintroduce the wildcat?

[@LeaveCurious]

I’m really not too sure. This is something I hope to ask if and when I visit. I think it’s because the biggest problem has been taken care of, in that they can’t reproduce with the wildcat.

[@JJJulesToo]

Are there any breeding programs in zoos?

[@eliletts8149]

I wonder why there has not been any efforts to use purebred European wildcats from the mainland (they are the same species as the Scottish wildcat) to boost the genetic diversity of the Scottish wildcats in the UK?

[@LeaveCurious]

i thought this too Eli, it was mentioned that they could be used as part of captive breeding, but not reintroductions. i think the scottish although very similar, it has evolved uniquely

[@eliletts8149]

@@antiwufei553 I read that it was decided to consider the wildcat and European wildcat different species a few years ago. The scientific name of the wildcat being Felis lybica, and the scientific name for the European wildcat being Felis silvestris. I have read the domestic cat's scientific name as either Felis catus or Felis lybica catus depending on the source. It is hard to keep up with the recent scientific literature published about the scientific names of extremely closely related animal species in general though as the scientific community generally cannot make up their mind as to whether or not to consider such species the same species or distinct species. What source did you use by the way? I would like to read it!

[@eliletts8149]

@@antiwufei553 I forgot to mention in my earlier comment that I am aware that older publications do regard the African/Asian, European, and Chinese mountain cat as subspecies of each other. I have always seen the domestic cat regarded as a separate species in older publications however. I have recently seen more recent publications regard the domestic cat as a subspecies of the African wildcat though. For the sake of comparing the most contreversial members of the genus Felis in terms of taxonomy to the genus Canis, if one looks into forums dedicated to canine conservation, one will find that the taxonomy of the genus Canis is also in deep flux! Although most taxonomists regard domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) as a subspecies of grey wolf (Canis lupus), not everyone agrees with this view. I have seen the domestic dog regarded as Canis familiaris. Don't even get started on dingo taxonomy because people will fight like dogs about dingo taxonomy! Last thing I want to say about animal taxonomy in general is that there are many animals that are considered different species that are completely interfertile (able to produce completely fertile offspring regardless of sex). Such examples include the genera Ursus and Canis. Given that, it would be tricky to assign definitive taxonomy to the cats we have been talking about as they all are very closely related, and having such similar overall ecologies certainly does not help in the matter either.

[@cuebj]

​@@eliletts8149 They aren't separate species except in so far as they bring in research funds due to being pretty

[@eric2500]

Look at that tail!

[@zrepeels]

This is worth doing in Scotland. A really bad idea in south western England.

[@raincoast9010]

I want one!

[@anniehill9909]

I can't find any links to the Wildcat capitve breeding programme.

[@LeaveCurious]

savingwildcats.org.uk

[@LeaveCurious]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@anniehill9909]

Great. Thanks for that.

[@christinecollins6389]

Interesting video

[@wokevirushandsanitzer5300]

My granny used to have a cat called Gargamel, it was fat and it looks incredibly similar to the wildcats. It’s strange how similar they are considering that domesticated cats originated from North Africa. The question is maybe still out whether or not these are actually a native species or domesticated cats that had simple adapted morphologically to the Scottish highland environment. I guess it depends when domesticated cats were introduced to the U.K. which I’d bet was Roman times. The first Roman invasion was around 40 AD. So the cats could theoretically of had 2000 years to adapt to the Scottish environment.

[@blue2mato312]

I think scientists have probably tested their genes, the Scottish Wildcat is a subspecies of the European Wildcat which still exists in some european countries. They are not the same as the north african cat species which grew into the domesticated cat although they are closely related. There are also big behavioral differnces as noone have been succsessful at taming the Scottish Wildcat (both in the past and the present) while their relatives from North East Africa clearly were.

[@shawnohagan5503]

Great video

[@LeaveCurious]

Cheers Shawn!

[@ekarin7778]

Mini tiger

[@topp0009]

who knew we had wild cats

[@Thebritsonthatsmoke]

When will they release the wild cat

[@LeaveCurious]

Next year is the plan!

[@O.bengee]

Have they released yet ?

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

I enjoy your videos but i’d really appreciate if you could also use the metric system

[@LeaveCurious]

Thank you! I’m unfortunately one of those people that uses both without much logic. Guess it depends who I’m talking to!

[@HladniSjeverniVjetar]

Don't get me wrong, i like the work and the idea. But isn't dying off of certain species and creation of new ones simply natural? Succession of better adopted individuals?

[@fredorman2429]

I’ve been watching the KZbin videos regarding the support of native wildlife and the proposed introduction of species such as the lynx, bears and bison into the UK. Lots of luck. The problem of domestic hybrids with the Highland wildcats will not be solved unless the habit of putting the cat out at night is enforcibly abolished. If a female wildcat is in estrus a handy tomcat will step up to the plate. The idea of introducing species such as the lynx, bears and bison into an area of such a large human per square mile population is laughable.

[@dinonoobster4460]

If you have your own wild cat why are britts bringing otheres in? Domestikate a few of these if one escapes there will be no mutants.

[@lukemorton8431]

Looks nasty that meat does especially in a chow mein

[@jackdavid167]

Haha from outback Australia

[@corvusglaive4804]

I saw a video of a Parenti trying to kill a cat. Gruesome vid 😕

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

​@@corvusglaive4804 Parenti?

[@corvusglaive4804]

@@Based_Gigachad_001 Perentie my bad

[@josemartinezgonzalez2450]

Genial 🤝

[@LeaveCurious]

Gracias Jose!

[@kevdimo6459]

Great story and i hope it’s very successful. I do have one problem and that’s the soft approach to the wild domestic cats. To vaccinate them and sterilise, then let them go is defeating the purpose of the whole project. Surely these domestic cats are going to eat the food that the wild cats are eating. Then there’s the problem of recapturing the feral domestic cat. Waste of time and energy not to mention money.

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

You just want to kill animals. No wonder your wife left you.. I'd rather have feral cats than you.

[@comradeweismann6947]

Comments for the Algorithm

[@Herbie11]

In North America, they go by the scientific name. Cat.

[@SnowTroII]

🌲🐅

[@andysPARK]

Interesting. But its hardly dying, its simply cross species evolving...... Nothing wrong with that.

[@cuebj]

Two things. 1) UK as one of most eco barren places on earth is a problem for all nature with current rewilding projects starting to scratch that surface. 2) When I did Biology 'A' level and Zoology and Biochemistry 50 years ago, we distinguished between closely related species according to producing fertile offspring. On that basis, domestic cats and Scottish wild cats are the same species. If you tried to ban humans from Finland coupling with people from Namibian Desert, you'd be slammed as racist. Surely, the same principle applies. In a million years, they might have evolved into different species (old definition), but 10,000 years merely allows characteristics to emerge. Eg, Dutch people are tall, northern Europeans process cow milk, northern people lost skin pigments to process sunlight but also became vulnerable to sunburn. Recover a broader range of ecosystems in UK and, maybe the cats will stay separate, but don't go down the slippery slope of racial purity. Hybrid mongrels are more genetically diverse and healthier than isolated small communities

[@AlisterBlack452]

Domestic cats should be banned in the UK! All cats should be mandatory to be spayed and it comes out of YOUR pocket you wanted the cat accept responsibility and stop helping the species wipe other species off the planet! If your really desperate for cats then only breeders should have cats that can reproduce and they should be closely monitored and have to complete training!

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Domestic cats and Scottish wildcats are literally the same species. Only difference is a physical appearance and 10000 years.

[@AlisterBlack452]

@@Based_Gigachad_001 Your a 🤡! The way you say that with such confidence despite never actually researching that yourself! Domestic cats are related to African wild cats not Scottish Highland cats in fact Cats were pets before Scotland existed! Maybe actually research the crap coming out your mouth, might help you in the future! Thanks and have a great day!

[@bigDbigDbigD]

I like animals and I like domestic cats but if I lived in Scotland I might be doing target practice

[@LeaveCurious]

Please don't shoot any kind of cat

[@lyladvorak]

Agreed! No shooting please!!!!!!!

[@lazyidiotofthemonth]

Here's the problem, the Scottish Wild cat is not a native wild animal, its just domestic cats that have filled a niche that was empty because the Lynx are gone.

[@LeaveCurious]

You think so? True wildcats seem very different to domestic cats. They're wildcats in europe that certainly aren't domestics gone feral.

[@vilmosspisak879]

How is that possible

[@moomin1632]

They are actually genetically different from domestic cats.

[@corvusglaive4804]

How is it not native, where did it come from originally then

[@Based_Gigachad_001]

Idiotic take. They've been here longer than the Anglo Saxons.

[@rodmitchell831]

Thanks for all your hard work....You rock