The Scottish wildcat, one of the country's rarest species, could become extinct "at any moment", conservationists warned.
There could be as few as 35 purebreds left in the wild, according to information from the Scottish Wildcat Association (SWA).
Numbers have dwindled in their northern habitat due to cross-breeding with domestic or feral cats.
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