I just saw a wildcat :-)
unixnerd
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Was out having a night ride not far from Aviemore tonight, had a great time.
Cycling along and saw a big grey pussy cat in the path in front of me, it took one look and scurried into the undergrowth. I good a very good look at it's tail and am 75% certain it was a wildcat!
There are only around 400 pure bred ones left. My wife and I volunteer for Cat Protecton and have been involved with http://www.highlandtiger.com/ so I've been trained to identify the real McCoy from hybrids (wildcats crossed with domestics).
Later on my headtorch lit up six eyes in a row at the side of the path, a wee family of roe deer :-)
Cycling along and saw a big grey pussy cat in the path in front of me, it took one look and scurried into the undergrowth. I good a very good look at it's tail and am 75% certain it was a wildcat!
There are only around 400 pure bred ones left. My wife and I volunteer for Cat Protecton and have been involved with http://www.highlandtiger.com/ so I've been trained to identify the real McCoy from hybrids (wildcats crossed with domestics).
Later on my headtorch lit up six eyes in a row at the side of the path, a wee family of roe deer :-)
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unixnerd wrote:Cycling along and saw a big grey pussy cat in the path in front of me, it took one look and scurried into the undergrowth. I good a very good look at it's tail and am 75% certain it was a wildcat!
Nope, it was just a fookin old woman taking a piss+ 1001 posts reset by the cruel cruel moderators!
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unixnerd wrote:Was out having a night ride not far from Aviemore tonight, had a great time.
Cycling along and saw a big grey pussy cat in the path in front of me, it took one look and scurried into the undergrowth. I good a very good look at it's tail and am 75% certain it was a wildcat!
There are only around 400 pure bred ones left. My wife and I volunteer for Cat Protecton and have been involved with http://www.highlandtiger.com/ so I've been trained to identify the real McCoy from hybrids (wildcats crossed with domestics).
Later on my headtorch lit up six eyes in a row at the side of the path, a wee family of roe deer :-)
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There used to be a lot of hybird wildcats in Llanberis, but I have some recollection of there being a cull on them, since they were properly dangrous, and were disrupting the goats, or something.
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