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  2. Fauna of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland hosts the only populations of the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris) in the British Isles with numbers estimated at between 400 and 2,000 animals, [29] and of the red fox subspecies Vulpes vulpes vulpes, a larger race than the more common V. v. crucigera and which has two distinct forms. [30]

  3. List of fauna of the Scottish Highlands - Wikipedia

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  4. British big cats - Wikipedia

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    In 1980, a puma was captured in Inverness-shire, Scotland, and was subsequently put into the Highland Wildlife Park zoo, being given the name "Felicity". Zoo director Eddie Orbell concluded that the animal had been tamed and might not have been released for long, noting that it enjoyed being tickled. [31]

  5. Scottish wildcat - Wikipedia

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    Felis grampia was the scientific name proposed in 1907 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. who first described the skin and the skull of a wildcat specimen from Scotland. He argued that this male specimen from Invermoriston was the same size as the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), but differed by a darker fur with more pronounced black markings and black soles of the paws. [2]

  6. Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 - Wikipedia

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    The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (c. 38) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was originally enacted to deal with the increasing fashion of people in the late-1960s and early-1970s keeping interesting pets which were often from the more dangerous species, as well as hybrids between wild and domestic species, such as wolfdogs and Bengal cats.

  7. Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018

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    Wild animals had been a feature of travelling circuses in the United Kingdom since the birth of the modern circus. [1] Wild animals were hunted and captured in the colonies on an increasing scale in the second half of the nineteenth century with high mortality rates for the animals [1] Some researchers have concluded that the species of non-domesticated animals commonly kept in circuses appear ...

  8. 10 Deviously Invasive Bugs Scientists Want You to Kill - AOL

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    Hate bugs? Us too. Here are 10 types of invasive insects that scientists urge people to kill on sight to prevent further damage to our natural world.

  9. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

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    The Deadliest Animal in the World, Gates Notes; These Are The Top 15 Deadliest Animals on Earth, Science Alert; Top 10 Deadliest Animals To Humans In The World, Toptenia; The 25 Most Dangerous Animals In The World, List 25; The Most Dangerous Animals in the World, Animal Danger; Top 10 Most Dangerous Animals In The World, Conservation Institute