{"id":1957,"date":"2010-05-04T13:06:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scotclans.com\/bletherskite\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2010-05-04T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T11:06:22","slug":"mystery-of-wild-cat-on-mull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/?p=1957","title":{"rendered":"Mystery of Wild Cat on Mull"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39456\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wildcat1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39456\" alt=\"Scottish Wildcat\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wildcat1.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wildcat1.jpg 466w, https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wildcat1-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scottish Wildcat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Experts are saying a rare wildcat spotted on Mull may have swum there. Unlike domestic cats, the wild cat does not fear water. Mull is around 1 mile from the mainland. Although the wild cat is a decent swimmer this length of swim has suprised experts. Wildcats are afraid of humans so it is unlikely the cat stowed away on a ferry.<\/p>\n<p>Wildcats look like large muscular tabbies, but can be distinguished by their rough coat with distinctive tiger stripe markings, thick tail with black rings and a black stripe along the back extending on to the tail. In Scotland there are thought to be about 400 pure wildcats and 3,500.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have launched a groundbreaking study to trace the movements of the animal in the Cairngorms National Park, using specialist equipment including motion detectors, infra-red technology and camera traps.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists have set up a series of camera traps in the park in the hope that pictures will provide vital information to help them to learn more about the cat&#8217;s habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experts are saying a rare wildcat spotted on Mull may have swum there. Unlike domestic cats, the wild cat does not fear water. Mull is around 1 mile from the mainland. Although the wild cat is a decent swimmer this length of swim has suprised experts. Wildcats are afraid of humans so it is unlikely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[343],"class_list":["post-1957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scottish-nature","tag-wild-cat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/wildcat1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project1-m9gb2xku8.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}