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Saving Wildcats has announced a third consecutive year of wild births, with several released females confirmed to have given birth to new litters in the Cairngorms National Park this June.

The project, led by wildlife conservation charity the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS), celebrated these new arrivals as a huge accomplishment for wildcat restoration efforts in Scotland. This news follows breeding successes in 2024 and 2025.

Louise Hughes, Saving Wildcats field operations manager, said: “There is so much anticipation when you first suspect there have been kitten births. It is a truly exciting event and seeing kittens on trail cameras really lifts the whole team and spreads a genuine buzz throughout the many communities across Scotland that support wildcat restoration.”