Ree Park - Sand cat

An Arabian sand cat in Ree Park - Ebeltoft Safari, Denmark. The sand cats here came from a private zoo in Quatar. In January 2009 4.4 cats lived here.
July 2007

Is this a solitary living species or can it be mixed for instance in couples living together or 1 male together with several females?

Sand cats in the wild are solitary and males and females only meet in the breeding season (march-april). But I asume that they, like a lot of other animals (tigers etc.), can get used to living in pairs in Ree Park. I am not sure how they do it in Ree Park, but they have three exhibits viewable for the visitors.

I once read an article (or more like a summary) about this, how solitary small cats are affected by living in a pair or a group in captivity. The species studied there was Sand cats and Pallas' cats.
I started to look for it again when I found this discussion and I found it. Read it here: http://www.eaza.net/magazine/download/62_Sandcat.pdf
To sum it up; the sand cats studied could cope quite well with the situation of a social group living (only one group were studied though!).

Thanks, Toddy and Jodea!