New genetic research indicates that hybridization with domestic cats is putting the Scottish wildcat at serious risk of extinction. A 2023 study that analyzed whole genomes of modern, museum and ...
The issue is that domestic cats are descended from the Middle Eastern wildcat and Scottish wildcats have a European genetic inheritance. Dr Senn said the effect of that genetic mixing remained ...
Scottish Wildcat Action (SWA ... and Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), said managing domestic cats was important to its conservation efforts. Eileen Stuart, head of policy and advice ...
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