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16-03-2011

A female Amur leopard cat has been donated to the park, from all places Battersea dogs home, the cat was handed into the centre by a member of the public and then rehomed at GWP.

16-03-2011

Wow. Nice animal but that must have given Battersea Dogs Home a bit of a shock...

16-03-2011

Is it a pure specimen though? The domestic cat breed "Bengal" are are the result of crossing a domestic cat with a wild Leopard cat.

16-03-2011

I don't know if the animal in question is pure, but an Amur Leopard Cat (P. b. euptilura) looks very different to the more southerly forms that begat the 'Bengal' domestic cat - much less spotty:

Amur (ssp euptilura) - http://www.zoochat.com/213/amur-leopard-cat-201062/

Bengal (ssp bengalensis) - Bengal Leopard Cat at Olomouc 30/05/10

16-03-2011

This is the link i got the story from, unfortunately the photo is not the best.

Dangerous cat given new life in Kirkcudbright - Local Headlines - The Galloway Gazette

16-03-2011

There is a news statement on the park's website.

Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park

16-03-2011

Thanks for that - looks perfectly pure to me.

16-03-2011

Yeah. Before seeing image I was imagining a half leopard cat, half domestic cat.

06-05-2011

Female Tapir calf born on 16th April
Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park

08-05-2011

fantastic ) i need to get myself down again soon

05-08-2011

Frank the Eurasian Lynx has died.

04-02-2013

1.1 Western Capercaillie have arrived recently

04-02-2013

04-02-2013

aka Wood Grouse " title="Western Capercaillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" target="_blank">Western Capercaillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Western Capercaillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

04-02-2013

I know what it, the spcies is thank you! Confussed, because The threat posed to T. urogallus by fences was addressed within SPAs by removal or marking. (Fences out with SPAs are being addressed through an ongoing Forestry Commission scheme funded by the Scottish Executive.)
Improving breeding success across most of the Capercaillie range.
Improving habitat in eight Special Protection Areas (SPA) and over 30 other forest ownerships.
Purchase and management of an important Capercaillie forest.
Developing management policies for Capercaillie areas.
Holding advisory days for managers of Capercaillie forests.
Reducing disturbance in Capercaillie forests and providing for public viewing of the birds.
Such a species has numerous requirements which need and require space, correct habitat, feeding and the lack of public viewing to help address its National decline in Scotland. Heather management being one area and of course the virtue of not fencing in such a species. Therefore, I fail to see and I am confussed as to how the GWCP can make this attraction viable and be seen to help in conservation when others can do this far better.