The Veolia Environmental Trust is supporting Wildwood Trust, a native species conservation charity, with £45,000 for an ambitious wildcat conservation project in partnership with Canterbury City Council. Veolia Environmental Trust’s £45,000 grant will expand the Wildwood Trust’s vital breeding facilities, helping to increase wildcats from seven to ten breeding pairs. This will enable the programme to eventually release wildcats into carefully selected habitats from 2027, with the potential to produce kittens annually. The initiative will reintroduce wildcats across the UK, establishing the first population outside Scotland since the 1800s. With…
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