I'm 95% sure I had one of these cats a a pet in the 90s. Most people were scared of him, our dog was scared of him & other cats never seemed to give him any hassle. Both of the local vets thought he was a Scottish Wildcat & both were extremely reluctant to touch him.

@Josh_J9

2 жыл бұрын

I had one in the 90s aswell hahaha

@2high83

2 жыл бұрын

@Dutch Van Der Linde Yes, as long as we didn’t stoke/pet him. We were only really allowed to do that when he came to us, otherwise he’d bite. He was happy to live in the same house as us, basically.

@jjr1728

2 жыл бұрын

@@2high83 pics or it didn't happen

@2high83

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjr1728 😂😂😂

@garywalling4341

2 жыл бұрын

My mothers cousin, Rosalyn, had a hybrid, it was mental, she found it by the side of the road on a trip to visit family in Scotland. She brought it back here to the Lake district. It lived under an old armchair (which it would only let Rosalyn sit on) by the fire. Only came out to eat and toilet and when it did we were mortified, we used to run and hide in other rooms. If it was a wild cat you'd be 100% sure. Even this hybrid was fearsome and unpredictable honestly I'd rather of been in a pool with a great white than confined with that beastie.

Beautiful cats, must protect them. I think that our purpose as mankind is not to dominate the animal kingdom but rather to be guardians, keeping their environments from decay and ruin.

@CC-vv2ne

2 жыл бұрын

Funny how you are all for protecting such cats, but at same times do the opposite thing to endangered human species that get wiped out by inbreeding with other races.

@rajbhattacharya4427

2 жыл бұрын

All we need to do is just leave nature alone. We don't have to mess with it or guard it. Just leave it alone and it will be fine.

@K-Viz

2 жыл бұрын

@@CC-vv2ne There's only one human species bro. GTFO with dat racism.

@CC-vv2ne

2 жыл бұрын

@@K-Viz And there is only one Cat race and one Dog race, yet you acknowledge that genetics matter and behaviour gets inherited

@joshvarges9230

2 жыл бұрын

@@CC-vv2ne you cant reduce humankind to simple animals

No, that’s my cat Dave. Give him back.

@candlily2240

3 жыл бұрын

No

@j.r.b.7585

3 жыл бұрын

@@UrbexUK2008 no

@joemarino2154

3 жыл бұрын

KopSince89YNWA GIVE FAVE BACK

@drcustomizer

3 жыл бұрын

No, that's my cat sir.

@ryansvlogsandvideos953

3 жыл бұрын

You tell him kopsince 89 YNWA you tell him mate

These wild cats are absolutely beautiful, and I wish all conservation efforts the best. However. Their faces look like hilariously grumpy cartoon cats, and that really cracks me up.

@Kingsaxxy3872

7 ай бұрын

Well they’re Scottish so it makes sense

Here, kitty, kitty, here...O M G R U N

@javierhillier4252

3 жыл бұрын

Mum its go the baby. Just run forget the baby

@Dreamspawn1978

2 жыл бұрын

I mean you have nothing to fear from them as long as you remeber the code, respect and distance. They will come to you if they choose not the other way around. And even if they do you must always remeber they are not domestic cats but wild animals like foxes or wolves.

@taraelizabethdensley9475

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

@AnnaPxx

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

These cats are so important to Scottish people and are a big part of our culture. If they go extinct this would be a huge loss for Scotland.

@Assdafflabaff

2 жыл бұрын

You care so much about Scottish cats interbreeding and diluting their gene pool, perhaps you should pay more attention to Scottish PEOPLE doing the same thing.

@SoLuVaBle299

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, American here, why are these cats so important to the culture/ecosystem? I was hoping they would explain in the video.

@cursedlemon7368

2 жыл бұрын

@@SoLuVaBle299 because you need an equal balance of prey and predators for wood webs to work

@renlevy411

Жыл бұрын

@@AssdafflabaffYou know, we are all Homo Sapien. I wish mayocide is real.

@MewmewGrrl

Жыл бұрын

The pure breed will go extinct, there just are too few of them and the fact that they breed with housecats, and there are 4,000 hybrids out there that they breed with and under 50 pure Wildcats. If a huge capture and spay / neuter release program happened, it would be expensive and need a lot of people involved, they could possibly cut down on the hybrid breeding cats. It's very noble to try and save them and I wish people luck, but it just seems too late considering that they breed with housecats and all the hybrids out there. In a way, their DNA will live on through those hybrids at least. So it won't be like they're completely gone. Some of them lives on in the hybrids. It's not optimal by any means, but sure better than having them hunted and killed to extinction. A piece of them will continue. If they didn't breed with houscats and hybrids, there would be a chance to bump the population. The only other way to do it would be to find some enormous island out there that doesn't already have cats and bring only the pure Scottish Wildcat to the island. You ever hear of those Cat Islands that didn't used to have cats and are now overpopulated with them? :P It's not totally serious, but in a way having them on an isolated island without other cats would be the only way to grow the pure population. I'm not saying to give up, I love that people are trying, but I do also think they're basically lost already. Some kind of captive or isolated breeding programs are the only way to keep the pure Wildcat alive at this point. Anywhere that doesn't have cats that wants a cool little cat species running around? :D

Its so beautiful !pls protect them 😍 Greetings from Iran

Wow, look at those canine teeth! Longer than a regular housecat's canines!

@Kingsaxxy3872

7 ай бұрын

Aye because they remained wild so needed to have bigger teeth to kill Deer Calfs and other animals.

@BarkingLondon

19 күн бұрын

3 inch canine teeth on males.

Everything possible must be done to save these beautiful, fascinating and magical little beings. The Scottish wildcats. 💞

I hope this is successful. It would be such a shame to lose them, especially when they’ve been around for so long.

I'm 34 and only just found about Scottish wild cats I live in Wales Shame they're not here because like Scotland We've got beautiful Hills and forest's they would love

@stonemarten1400

Жыл бұрын

Wildcats used to found in Wales and you certainly have the remote habitat to suit a reintroduction.

@Kingsaxxy3872

7 ай бұрын

Wildcats actually we’re found in Wales and England! But i think during the Victorian age they were heavily hunted for fear of farms being raided, thankfully enough they managed to continue living in Scotland though they still do have issues.

@stevenbarclay7850

4 ай бұрын

I am from Scotland and it would be good for the scottish wild cat to be introduced to the Welsh forests and hills as it once was

@BarkingLondon

19 күн бұрын

Might be a few wildcats of sorts out there. More likely Lynx’s.

Will it still come if i psstpsstpsst?

@mousewith0subscribers398

3 жыл бұрын

Ahahhahah u came here from that robin guy? No thats kskskskskskska

@user-sk8dr6zt2q

3 жыл бұрын

Not a good ideia, bro don't mess with the kitty

@benluke7697

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@anasevi9456

3 жыл бұрын

nope. European and Asiatic wildcats completely lack the genetic disposition for domestication. Many people have tried in the past and even when raised from small kittens, found them utterly impossible, untamed. And not just in a 'no no bad kitty way'. lol It's pretty much agreed that all domesticated cats are descended from wildcat species from the middle east/norteast africa.

@jhibberd6290

3 жыл бұрын

No. It will run away.

I'm sure it's a ferocious wild cat, but he's also a cutie-pie kitty cat with a love heart nose. He's stocky like my Sir Lottie

@thecookiemonster5586

3 жыл бұрын

It will try to rip your face of in the wild

@Based_Gigachad_001

11 ай бұрын

@@thecookiemonster5586 How aggressive are they?

Cats are so beautiful! All of them.

Hamish what a handsome name for a Scottish Wildcat.

@yespls4184

Жыл бұрын

I love that name

learning something everyday! didn't even think of that wild cats like this existed

It’s also important to encourage locals to spay and neuter their outdoor cats if they are nearby to a Scottish wildcat population

Such a beautiful animal!

That summons it all, " he is a character".

Well done Hamish what a good mancat you are

@isobelmiddleton6353

3 жыл бұрын

Poor hamish looks like he has problems with teeth..

In Britain we also had the wild British Lynx, sadly hunted by man to extinction 400 years ago.

@blademanx

3 жыл бұрын

can be reintroduced.

@davekp6773

3 жыл бұрын

Blade ManX Really would love to see a reintroduction of the Lynx. Sadly the farming industry is concerned their sheep will be targeted. I did read though that farmers can get Llamas which will discourage Lynxes from attacking sheep.

How interesting. What a lovely wild cat

@poolpoolification

3 жыл бұрын

freid cat, and china , a delicoiuos dish in bejing restraunts, a la cat 69.95

Beautiful cat!

It’s so endangered it’s called “The Scottish wildcat “ and not the British wildcat.

@jobless5189

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao😂

@weswheel4834

3 жыл бұрын

You can tell that they're Scottish though. They give themselves names like 'Hamish'.

@blademanx

3 жыл бұрын

uh oh..here we go!!

@darrell2322

3 жыл бұрын

@MrAbletospeak its a joke

@SaviourInDistress

3 жыл бұрын

@MrAbletospeak yeah dude but they said in the video that it's original range was the entire of Britain.

I love this cat

I thought I knew a lot about animals but I didn’t know about these cats

@colinharbinson8284

3 жыл бұрын

Gavin Maxwell, Author of 'Ring of Bright Water' mentioned having a Wild cat kitten, which is the first time I had heard of them.

@ia8018

3 жыл бұрын

They're almost extinct already.

@Based_Gigachad_001

11 ай бұрын

@@ia8018 Sadly.

Scotland has it all : the most stunning landscapes, sexiest men and most beautiful wild cats! These little guys are just Soooooooo beautiful!! They must be saved and reintroduced in the wild!

@MAUROSILVA6

3 жыл бұрын

Eww

@ce1834

3 жыл бұрын

"sexiest men" 🤢

@poolpoolification

3 жыл бұрын

@Rocco Hilly are these going to china for thier dinner?

@Spicystachegamer

3 жыл бұрын

You talking about tge kilts

@truefalse207

3 жыл бұрын

@@ce1834 Umm Gerard Butler, James McAvoy, Richard Madden, Sam Heughan, Ewan MacGregor, Calvin Harris and voted most sexiest man of the last century... Sean Connery.

Protect and save all kinds of cat , stop hunting them for nothing...

@prestons3400

3 жыл бұрын

I support hunting for feral cat hunting in Australia

@leonalexios7392

3 жыл бұрын

@@prestons3400 then you are killer

@prestons3400

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonalexios7392 how

@nooneinparticular9837

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonalexios7392 house cats actually damage the enviroment quite a bit. They kill birds at an alarming rate because there are so many of them.

@nooneinparticular9837

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure the cat above is even hunted, it's just that it doesn't have any room anymore. Same with the alpine-eagle which had it's origenall home all over germany but fled to the mountains after humans took over.

_terrifying creatures_

They have very sharp teeth and claws!

What beautiful animals

All i see is a cuddly little pookie 🥰

OMG, so beautiful, so cool. Douglas I love you for this.

Looking back on photos of it im 99 percent sure i had one of these living in Manchester it lived till 18 (1996-2014) i always thought it looked differnt and i would attack me when i ran past her on the stairs hahahaha but was a gorgeous thing

@garywalling4341

2 жыл бұрын

My mothers cousin, Rosalyn, had a hybrid, it was mental, she found it by the side of the road on a trip to visit family in Scotland. She brought it back here to the Lake district. It lived under an old armchair (which it would only let Rosalyn sit on) by the fire. Only came out to eat and toilet and when it did we were mortified, we used to run and hide in other rooms.

@Josh_J9

2 жыл бұрын

@@garywalling4341 omg hahahahha thats hilarious there wild arnt they

I love that they named him Hamish. Just finishing reading M. C. Beaton's books!

I used to live near Catshill in Worcestershire which according to local history got its name from the number of wildcats that lived in the surrounding hills and forests in the Middle Ages.

@stonemarten1400

Жыл бұрын

Yes, wildcats were once widespread across Mainland Britain, not just Scotland.

Such a beautiful wild cat

Still cute af

My dad's friend while working uo in Scotland on a construction site took in a stray kitten and fed it and brought the kitten back from Scotland in the 1950s thinking it was a normal stray cat ! It turned out to be a mountain cat and thankfully a zoo took the cat in .

Beautiful animals. 💕

Lovely to see unique genetics celebrated.

Mashallah. Such an amazing creature.

Magnificent creature

Ferocious

Fierce protective Scottish Kitty, can imagine him in a wee kilt and sporran, with mini swords for claws, hissing and yowling bravely at marauding invaders, to the sounds of the bagpipes lol.

@stonemarten1400

Жыл бұрын

Some of the fierce Highland clans of old have Wildcats as their emblem. The Macphersons for example, whose motto is “Touch not the Cat, but with a Glove”, is a warning to you not to provoke them!

You certainly wouldn't wanna try and stroke them like a normal cat

Beautiful little kitty 😺

Oh, looks like normal cat, Beautiful ❤️💕❤️

@weswheel4834

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a normal cat. Breeds with a normal cat. Definitely not a normal cat. Apparently.

@g_g...

3 жыл бұрын

@@weswheel4834 a normal cat is a cat most viewed by human society not the wild one. That is what he meant

@darkcognitive

3 жыл бұрын

@@weswheel4834 If you seen one you would definitely know the difference. They are bigger and stronger than normal cats, have slightly bigger teeth, and certainly have a menacing air about them when you get close to one.

@isobelmiddleton6353

3 жыл бұрын

@@darkcognitive you wouldn't get close to one.

@darkcognitive

3 жыл бұрын

@@isobelmiddleton6353 I’ve been close to them many times at the Highland wildlife park.

awwwwwww what a cutie

Wow, a thing of beauty, fabulous,

the most cute killer ever lived

@jewelmarkess

3 жыл бұрын

Very cute, but look up videos of Black-footed cat which has higher hunting success rate than any cat yet is no bigger than a domestic 3 month old kitten.

They're so cute!

Thank you!

He’s a good papa

Looks cute, but extremely aggressive.

Beautiful cat

When I was a kid I was told by mother about the _forest cat_ hybrid pet that was coming into the farm, but was not domesticated and was rarely seen.

@garywalling4341

2 жыл бұрын

My mothers cousin, Rosalyn, had a hybrid, it was mental, she found it by the side of the road on a trip to visit family in Scotland. She brought it back here to the Lake district. It lived under an old armchair (which it would only let Rosalyn sit on) by the fire. Only came out to eat and toilet and when it did we were mortified, we used to run and hide in other rooms.

The Scottish Wildcat the hardest cat in the world.

@stonemarten1400

Жыл бұрын

Not sure you’d want to pick-up and stroke one of these kittys!

@Based_Gigachad_001

11 ай бұрын

@@stonemarten1400 I wish I could.

Beautiful

critically important work! I have seen 2 wildcats in my lifetime in Scotland, one in Glenmore and another nearby in Abernethy. Classic thick black blunted tail with the black rings. Shame its getting rarer every year.

Such beautiful creatures even more so here in the wild of Scotland. Love my cats!

i've had the rare and somewhat terrifying experiance with one of these in the wild. they are stunning. but will tear your throat out given the chance.

@Based_Gigachad_001

11 ай бұрын

@Angela-vu9tt They are slightly bigger.

There’s a few at the New Forest Wildlife Centre, and I was told if you even get near their habitat they start hissing, and if you have to go inside they hiss non stop until you leave and you are very unwelcome in there. They look angry all the time

@darkcognitive

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they can be fiercely territorial. At the highland wildlife centre in Kingussy (the one in the video) they have cages with runs that go over your head, and if you get close to them they certainly let you know about it. Amazing little creatures, but i wouldn't want to corner one out in the wild, they are bigger than domestic cats for sure and would leave you with a very nasty bite or scratch.

I saw, one these cats the other day in Tottenham I was like what a beautiful looking cat but it did seem domesticated....

@stonemarten1400

Жыл бұрын

Sure it was some tough Tabbie Alley Cat that you saw, but not a Scottish Wildcat!

@mohamodhussain3643

Жыл бұрын

@@stonemarten1400 yeah you most likely right, but that cat did look majestic......

so cute

I actually fed some at my zoo (in Scotland) we basically hid food Round the enclosure

Awwwwe so cute 😟😟

Bravo le chat

Hmm, nice to see a documentary on my therianthropy! Thanks.

Love that

Just seen David Attenboroughs latest Frozen Planet where he talks of “The world’s rarest big cat, the Amur Leopard. 120 left in the wild”. Is our own cat so small or so rare that we now ignore it. There a far less Wildcats in Scotland!

@hikaru9624

8 ай бұрын

The wild cat isn't a big cat.

OMG, he's so cuteee

@poolpoolification

3 жыл бұрын

throw a cat on the barbi in china! damn ,... stop eating cats and dogs china!

@alancanham2956

3 жыл бұрын

Bambi Jerry, Just like you then xx

@clara-aaliyahogarro5079

3 жыл бұрын

@@poolpoolification wtf??? no need to be racist.

@poolpoolification

3 жыл бұрын

@@clara-aaliyahogarro5079 that is not a racist statement- The chinese eat cats as a staple- dogs too- do you have covid ? That is not racist- I have no ill will toward any races! Learn what the word racist means..ok? It is a discrimination of a race- I made a stATEMENT ABOUT A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT EAT CATS. this is a fact NOT A RACIST STATEMENT

@clara-aaliyahogarro5079

3 жыл бұрын

@@poolpoolification babe i’m black. i know what racist means... the korean people are the ones that eat cats and dogs, & u are assuming that she is korean... if u aren’t being racist u are stereotyping?

The Forbidden cat

I don't know why although it's a wild animal, but it's an adorable cat i should say..

they need protecting

Job advertisement, "Wanted, a male Scottish Wild Cat. Food and accommodation are free; only responsibility is to breed. Mates shall be provided."

@AnnaPxx

2 жыл бұрын

Living the male dream 😂😂😂

@usmanwadud8513

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaPxx Hahaha. Some cats have all the luck.

The Scottish wildcat does not seem different from the European wildcat that we encounter in the Alps, the Jura and between France and Switzerland. We call it forest cat. There is also the same problem of hybridization with the domestic cat, especially the one that has become feral. Experts estimate that 15 to 20% of wildcats have traces of hybridization with the domestic cat.

@Raggedyredwood

2 жыл бұрын

Scottish wildcats are actually European wild cats, they just call them Scottish wild cats or highland tigers in Scotland, same cat different colloquialism

@SuperflySamurai88

7 ай бұрын

Scottish wildcat is a sub species of the European wildcat.@@Raggedyredwood

@Kingsaxxy3872

7 ай бұрын

Because it’s technically a distinct subspecies of the European Wildcat, went through some changes and may have some differences in lifestyle and maybe physique, but are subspecies still.

If mean and dangerous then why floofy and cute?

His fur does not make the mark of an 'M' on his forehead. That is how you know he is s wild cat !

@jewelmarkess

3 жыл бұрын

All tabbies have 'M' on their forehead including domestic ones. There are other ways to tell the difference one of which is clear circles on the tail with no black stripe on the top of the tail. The stripe along the back is called the dorsal stripe. In domestic cats, it goes till the end of the tail, in wildcats it stops at the base. They also have bushy tails which don't get thinner. There is a video here explaining how to tell a Scottish wildcat apart from a hybrid and from a domestic tabby. BTW - the kitty in the video may be a hybrid as there is white around his muzzle.

CHONK 😍

He's so cute, cats are like a walking pillow.

The original grumpy cat.

The irony in that first sentence lmao

My mind: pet it even if he bite me.

i have a hybrid as a pet he is not to be messed with

The Scottish wild cat is extinct now. The ones alive today have been mixed with the eastern cat. Every single one of the wildcats now have Eastern cat blood.

I had a cat that looked like them, but she was a domestic cat.

@poolpoolification

3 жыл бұрын

fried china tidbits huh?

Hey ... Thank you. Aye Skull LG J 🦂😸🦂

I tell all the Scottish lady's I'm a Scottish wild man. 🐱

I'm not afraid. They are too small

That's no Thylacine ❤️

I'm sure we saw a wild cat on the back streets of Sidmouth, Devon, right near the woods. Anyone know if they were released in that area??

It looks like a mean version of my kitty

He is cute thou...🐈. I would love to pet him.....he is a character

@gerdforster883

3 жыл бұрын

He wouldn't want to be petted and would sgred your hand if you tried. European wild cats (of which the scottish wild cat is a subspecies), can not be domesticated, even though they are almost the same species as domestic cats. It is not a 100% clear why that is. My money is on human predation having killed off all those individuals that showed any proclivity to come near humans a long time ago.

@donkey3909

3 жыл бұрын

It's impossible to tame them

I have one here in USA yup

For anyone wondering, that's ewan mcgregor narrating

It’s beautiful, I hope it survives as a species. Hamish is having a life most men can only dream of 😁

@kerriecobain4807

2 жыл бұрын

"Domestic" cats began self-domesticating and brainwashing humans into serving them with their charms 9,000 years ago and they've changed very little genetically over that time. It's why this "species" of cat can interbreed with "domestic" cats. There's little to no genetic difference. This is just forcing a "species" to continue living a harsher existence for the sake of human vanity. We lost the war thousands of years ago. Just raise the white flag, get in the car, and buy this "wild" cat it's favorite kibble.

Hii beautiful video

That’s the car next door

Where can I find this full documentary?