A group of wildcats have been released into the Scottish Highlands in an attempt to improve their dwindling numbers in the wild.

A team from the Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has been rearing the cats in an enclosure in preparation for their release into the wild.

The project, which is decades in the making, plans to release 60 wildcats into the wilds of the Cairngorms National Park over the next few years.

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