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May 9

May 9 Can the Scottish Wildcat Be Saved?

Manuela Hoelterhoff & Mike DiPaola

Animal Welfare

The Scottish wildcat is on the way out. There are now too few wildcats to sustain the population, according to a five-study completed by conservation group NatureScot. A separate study recently declared Felis silvestris “functionally extinct.”

Apr 5

Apr 5 We Are Only Just Learning About the African Sand Cat

Manuela Hoelterhoff & Mike DiPaola

Animals

Its scientific name (Felis margarita margarita) sounds like a Cinco de Mayo happy-hour special. Its mating cry sounds like a barking dog. Other than that, we don’t know much about the African sand cat, even though it was first described more than 150 years ago.