Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park (Closed) GWP news

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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) - http://www.zoochat.com/414/bengal-leopard-cat-olomouc-30-05-a-158773/

 

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

 

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

Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park

 

Thanks for that - looks perfectly pure to me.

 

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

 

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

 

fantastic ) i need to get myself down again soon

 

Frank the Eurasian Lynx has died.

 

1.1 Western Capercaillie have arrived recently

 

aka Wood Grouse [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Capercaillie]Western Capercaillie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

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.

 

Why are you so narrow minded and ignorant of your comments?!

 

No...not narrow minded nor ignorant

 

0.2 Scottish Wild Cat are now on show after arriving from Camperdown

 

Galloway Wildlife Park make emergency appeal
Last updated Tue 26 Mar 2013

A wildlife park in Galloway is making an emergency appeal for help after many of their enclosures collapsed under the weight of snow.

The Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park, near Kirkcudbright, has had to close as all footpaths are either covered in snow or ice.

The park owners are appealing for volunteers who can help them clear up the mess and repair the damage to enclosures.

All animals including a lynx, meerkats, red pandas, wallabies and various birds are thought to be safe and well.

ITV Border news

 

1.0 Sarus Crane has arrived from Flamingo Land