Born to be wild

‘The advice, in plain English, is not to mess with a wildcat when its claws are out’

TOUCH not the cat bott a glove,’ warns the motto of the confederation of smaller Highland clans that make up Clan Chattan. The moggie referred to is a wildcat and the advice, in plain English, is not to mess with one when its claws are out. The question today, however, isn’t so much what to do when in a tight corner with Felis sylvestris sylvestris, the Scottish version of the European wildcat, but where to find one in the first place.

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