New VIP supporter
5 February 2010
We are delighted to announce that Joe Inglis has agreed to give his support to Highland Tiger. Joe is a tv vet, with roles on The One Show on BBC 1, This Morning on ITV and The Wright Stuff on Five, as well as having a busy life as a practising vet.
To find out more about Joe's support and to see who else is supporting us head to the SUPPORTERS section of the website and click on VIP SUPPORTERS.
Surprise visitor at the Highland Wildlife Park
29 January 2010
The staff at the Highland Wildlife Park (HWP) are getting to grips with some new camera traps which will be used around the Cairngorms National Park to help us discover what is out and about. The cameras were placed around the HWP in the hopes that while the staff learn they will also be able to see what is wandering around after the gates close. Needless to say, they were happily surprised and stunned to get a picture of what looks very much like a wildcat so early on in the exercise.
Fingers crossed that the success will continue when the camera traps go out into the wider world.
Caught on camera!
25 January 2010
A local wildlife enthusiast who has been using an automatic camera trap to monitor wildlife in the Strathspey area of the Cairngorms National Park has snapped an amazing pic of a 'Highland Tiger'. With the permission of the local estate he baited the camera trap with a dead pheasant last month and, without it even knowing it was on camera, he got a great shot of one particular 'Highland tiger' having a feast!
Hopefully in future we will be able to see more photos as David sets some more camera traps around the Park.
Check out the blog to see the wildcat in action.
Maternity Unit delivers!
15 January 2010
Many thanks indeed to the generous staff of the Maternity Unit of Raigmore Hospital in Inverness who raised over £400 for Highland Tiger in the run up to Christmas! As with all donations, the money will go to the Wildcat Conservation Fund held by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, one of the partners in the Cairngorms Wildcat Project. Money from this fund can be used, amongst other things, to buy automatic camera traps to help us monitor wildcats in one of their last strongholds, the Cairngorms National Park. Check out the blog page under the 'Cairngorms Wildcats' menu for the latest spectacular development in wildcat camera-trapping in the Cairngorms!
Great effort in fundraising!
8 December 2009
Thanks to The Grant Arms Hotel in Grantown on Spey and to Cairngorm Brewery in Aviemore for their efforts in raising funds for Highland Tiger.
The Grant Arms is home to The British Bird and Wildlife Watching Club and Cairngorm Brewery donate 1p for every bottle of Wildcat beer sold - 31,000 bottles already this year!! Not that we'd advocate excessive drinking of course but if you must...www.cairngormbrewery.com!!
