A mysterious and rarely seen beast, the Scottish Wildcat is Britain's
rarest mammal, and one of the most endangered carnivores in the world.
Over the centuries, one by one, Britain's most formidable wild animals
have fallen to the thoughtless march of humankind. A war on predators
put paid to our lynxes, wolves and bears, each hunted relentlessly
until the last of them was killed. Only our wildcats lived on. The
Scottish wildcat's guile and ferocity are the stuff of legend. No
docile pet cat, this, but a cunning and shadowy animal, elusive to the
point of invisibility, but utterly fearless when forced to fight for
its life. Those who saw one would always remember its beauty – the
cloak of dense fur marked with bold tiger stripes, the green-eyed
stare and haughty sneer, and the broad, banded tail whisking away into
the forest's gloom. Driven to the remnants of Scotland's wilderness,
the last few wildcats now face the most insidious danger of all as
their domesticated cousins threaten to dilute their genes into
oblivion. However, the wildest of cats has friends and goodwill behind
it. This book tells the story of how the wildcat of the wildwood
became the endangered Scottish wildcat, of how it once lived and lives
now, and of how we - its greatest enemy - are now striving to save it
in its darkest hour.
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ISBN
9781408845349
Publisert
2020
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1. utgave
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Wildlife
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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