Trailer for the documentary Last of the Scottish Wildcats

[alaneazy]

u can find these cats around the woodlands where i live, dont see them much tho but there massive compared to the average house cat

[MacDonaldSeumas]

"they will fight to the death for their freedom" deffinatly the last of the highland Gael's.

[coffeefilms]

@phenotype347

You can sponsor a Scottish wildcat through the Scottish Wildcat Association, go to scottishwildcats dot co dot uk and check out the shop, half the money goes to the care of that wildcat and other wildcats at the same park, the other half goes to conservation taking place to try and protect the wildcats still in the wild.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[MrRobBrooks]

BUY THIS DVD & HELP SAVE THE SCOTTISH WILDCAT !!!

[ishotthesherifswife]

we see one in a cage then it goes "they will fight to the death for their freedom"

[culbia]

cuute!

[Morithcat]

I think that w should do our best to protect Scottish Wildcats. They keep a balance in our ecosystem. I like the music as well.

[sum1towriteabout]

So sad! I am so sic of hearing that wild animals have dwindling numbers! When will humans learn? Kill enough links in the ecosystem, the ecosystem will collapse and with that so will we. It should not even need to personally affect us for us to do something. Oh well domestication of animals seems to be the only wa for a species to survive.

[philstew123]

I had one as a pet because the mother was killed on the road and left a few kittens. It killed everything and attacked people it took a dislike to! It terrorised my grannies westie!  Beautiful beast tho!

[LeighPing]

You don't drink ever? Or you're not drunk currently? Because the person generalises based on a Rab C. Nesbitt like national depiction of a Scottish character does'nt mean they're obnoxious.

If a country makes good whisky I see no reason not to take a wee drop or two or..

[FinJeffin]

Beautiful animal, hope they r left alone and survive

[jorisvanwees]

Protect your countryside and don't make the mistake we did in mid-europe. The biggest of all Lynx used to live in the black-forrest and the vogues 200 years ago. The forrests are pretty empty without predators.

go public with this!

[Hammieroxx]

I want a scottie wildcat!!

[VendPrekmurec]

wildcats should stay in the wilderness. Observe them there. Believe its just beautiful when you see them there. I've seen just once a wildcat - felis sylvestris - european wildcat in the wood and it was magical

[Ambiduros]

Even though they're impossible to domesticate and would eat your face if they could?

[IntrebuloN]

they are known to be just about the only animal anywhere that can not be tamed by man, even when bred and raised in captivity.

[notenglishandproud]

what a pathetic comment.

[foxbat3gmail]

All Scots are violent that's for sure

[Cats1357911]

Thats a mindless steroetypical comment

[thuggie1]

they are great animals we had one which hunted on our land. it was sad when he died, also it kept the rats a bay.

truly a great animal

[seamweld123]

your rab-c-nesbit

[notenglishandproud]

aye, we are. the lot of us.

eat shit you dick, whats that got to do with this video.

[MyStaticAge]

why do twonks like you and seamweld have to bring nationalism into everything.

[ferihegy]

That's one cool pussy.

[notenglishandproud]

Now its entirely up to you if you wish to spread your opinion on the matter.

thing is, its merely an opinion.

if you find yourself still blowing bubbles....

read the facts and learn to love the fact that Scottish Wildcats may yet be saved from domestic dilution.

[jmdm1957]

These cats are legends and long may they continue to be,vicious bastards but we need them.

[notenglishandproud]

LeighPing im afraid your luck is out. a Scottish Wildcat conservation project has been well underway for some time now at a wildlife centre in the Highlands. DNA testing is to the fore in this project to possitively identify specimens, found alive or dead, as pure wildcat or hybrid or feral. of course all three exist otherwise the project wouldnt be undertaken. i personally know some of those leading this project and going by their zoological qualifications and experience, wildcats are fact.

[LeighPing]

Scottish wildcats are a complete myth! They are merely wild cats originating from feral strays & now live off the land in remote areas eating grouse & midges etc to survive. DNA tests have inconclusively proved this fact. To portray them as being part of Scottish heritage & folklore is about as real as Scotch mist!

[IntrebuloN]

you don't get approx 400 animals that look exactly the same from feral strays.

feral strays are of mixed bloodlines and would result in variations like you see in domestics, where everyone knows feral strays come from.

[LeighPing]

Well, I wish the conservation project well in staving off the inevitable to buy some time for the old wildcat to last longer than it would without mans' interference.

My opinion is that it's dabbling with natural evolution to extend them with captive breeding. They would survive naturally if fit to do so.

[IntrebuloN]

I agree on the dabbling bit.

However I don't think it's so much a question of whether they are fit to survive naturally as much as it's a question of whether man is "over-fit" to survive.

[barbaraviii]

A few months ago one was found and taken to Willows Animal Sanctuary. Full story in The Press and Journal (The snarling 'Beast of Buchan' captured alive in chicken shed.

[blackerthanblackdog]

Only 400 or so left ? I'm horrified.

[pilatunes]

I am not surprised they are almost gone. The English and their descendants have killed eveything could, at home, in Africa, in India...everywhere.

[misterslaughter]

Ignorant.

[ojideagu]

It lives in Scotland not England you idiot.

[pilatunes]

Which is the same contiguous landmass. Also, distance didn't stop the English from slaughtering the big cats and God knows what else in Africa and India, did it? I remember reading in National Geograhic about some English 'noblemen' bragging about shooting 300 Indian lions in a year. Asshole fuckin' cocksuckers.

[ojideagu]

Scotland is not England. The wildcats are Scottish. If you call a Scottish person English they will rip your testicals off.

How many Native Americans did America slaughter and rape?

[pilatunes]

That has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

[seamweld123]

all scot are drunks

[ojideagu]

I wont argue there

[LeighPing]

Hahaha that made me lol.

[ojideagu]

Mexico Canada and the USA are on the same contiguous landmass are you going to lump them together as well? So is Europe and Asia. Stupid

[pilatunes]

The point I was trying to make, which you are obviously too stupid to comprehend, is that saying they are 'in Scotland' not 'England' is irrelevant, just like every other point you've made. In the words of Hannibal Lecter 'If you can't keep up with the conversation, perhaps you'd better stay out of it altogether.'

[ojideagu]

So what exactly was your point if one existed? Attacking the English for a Scottish problem? You fool.

[seamweld123]

yeah fool! eat poo

[IntrebuloN]

scottish wildcats did in fact, at one time, inhabit all of britain.

i don't know what his point was or who he was responding to either.

[afroschlan]

There is very little of "natural" evolution left since we took over, we've knocked several links out of the chain and we're unable to know what the consequence will be. Than again one could argue that we are a part of nature and thus for we're just a force in evolution.. like a hurricane or a volcano.. or a tsunami.. or a plague.. or even something positive.

[checkthiskid]

good comment, rather than jst attacking the human race or a nationality, look at some thing from a different point of view

[afroschlan]

Yes, thank you.. It is amazingly difficult to break the chains of normal thought.. yet when it comes it comes with a thunder :)

[ojideagu]

Humans have a small affect on evolution, 99% of Animals that have ever lived are Extinct. Extinction is the norm for animals whether humans exist or not. Most species of animal dont even live near humans.

[afroschlan]

Yes, totally. We can't be blamed for all the other 99% of species that died out, we weren't there.. but I guess since animals are going to die out anyway we might as well hack them to death ourselves.. I mean it is unavoidable :) Grandpa's going to die someday I think I'll go and put a bullet in him right now, thank you dr. science, you've been a great help :)

[ojideagu]

The greatest myth of all time is that nature is in perfect balance. It is far from it. Nature has always been on the brink of survival and every animal has had to fight to the death to even exist. The greatest killer of species is nature not human. We are part of nature not seperate from it. Humans expansion all over the world is part of nature. Nature is cruel.

[afroschlan]

Sure nature is cruel but I wouldn't put in first place.. I would put capitalism in first place, it's a real bastard :)

[ojideagu]

Very Funny. If you have seen Meteors, ice ages, volcanoes, Hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis then you see the true power of nature that has many times almost killed life itself. Humans have existed for not even a second of the earths life.

[ojideagu]

At the same time life has sprung from all these natural things and are required for life. Its time humans stopped thinking we are causing all earths problems, nature exists far beyond us. We could be blown up by a comet in the blink of an eye and the universe will just carry on.

[afroschlan]

..perhaps we're contributing to the problems already at hand.. whilst we should be trying to tame the beast all we're doing is poking it with a stick.. I think I saw a video earlier with a guy poking a beast with a stick.. let's just say it didn't end well for the guy.. or the stick..

[ojideagu]

You are falling for the very same arrogance of humans by thinking we have so much control over nature. Nature is a battlefield not a cute furry animal. If it wasnt for your immune system you would be eaten alive by Bacteria in days.

[afroschlan]

No, no, sweetheart, read it again.. It reads: whilst we "should" be trying to tame the beast.. taming the beast = nature, the world.. getting it under control, learning how to control it. I was stating that we do have control but we should obtain the knowledge for control. It's very important to read :)

[afroschlan]

What a fascinating cranky pants you are :) You're like a child in defense, interesting.. You do know I wasn't blaming you directly for this right? It does seem like we're fucking things up for ourselves. We're messing up shit we don't understand and that's actually the worst type of messing up.. we don't know how to fix it because we don't know how it works.. that's bad, even on human standards. But it usually doesn't get bad until a couple of generations and than it's too late ;)

[USBetrayl]

where in the hell is the update on the dvd?

[coffeefilms]

We can't post links here, but if you type "last of the scottish wildcats" into google you'll find our website where the DVD can be purchased!

[delboy8000]

Great footage,i go to the wildlife centre at Auchengarrich,Comrie near Crieff a few times a year to see the wildcats,superb, the last time i was there they had about 8 wildcats.I've got some video footage i'll try to upload.

[bigcatspecialist]

Scottish Wild Cats are very shy, hard to capture on film...so credit where its due on this footage. Having over twenty plus years in the business, I know what cats can do and not do.

[bigcatspecialist]

The Scottish Wild Cat (Felis silvestris grampia) is indeed on the verge of becoming extinct. There an estimated 400 pure modern wildcats left within Scotland. Due to the influx of the domestic cat within the past 4,000 years or so the gene pool has become so-diluted that the true wildcat was made extinct many thousands of years ago. The modern wild cat and its current gene-pool marker cames from a dead cat held in a zoo/museum that was then determined to be of close parentage.

[jubbles2343]

nice to see cats in their natural habitat for once, they seem to be larger than your average tabby.

[ljdyahoo]

Looks interesting, but surely they can't be extinct in 10 years if they are being protected and cats breed like rabbits too, they are cool looking though! :)

[coffeefilms]

That's the problem; with only 400 wildcats and around 100,000 feral domestics the wildcats are breeding, but with domestic cats, so the genepool is watering down and rapidly disappearing; unfortunately protection alone can't save them.

[joness105639]

Sounds like they need to capture a number of them, breed them like crazy and release. Maybe invetro? I dunno, there's only so many kittens that can be born at once I suppose.

[coffeeartists1]

Scottish wildcats only breed once per year in spring, and typically only one or two kittens survive at best, in captivity only a few new kittens are surviving every year.

[harmoney3333]

wow thats an amazing video!! nice lookin cats thanks shar for sharing and thank you coffee 5 stars, i never heard of them b4 they are beautiful

[gvman3670]

Never heard of them before. Are they a feral subspecies or an indigenous cat? They look awfully similar to American short haired tabbies. LOL How big are they?

[coffeefilms]

They're indigenous, all domestic cats are descended from wildcats so they are VERY closely related and look very similar. Scottish wildcats are usually 50-100% larger than a domestic cat.

[bigcatspecialist]

Sorry but not quite true. All modern domestic cats can trace their liniage back to the African and Asian wild cat, we now know that this to be the Felis Lybica liniage.

[coffeeartists1]

But of course you can trace African and Asian back to felis sylvestris too can't you? I thought it went Martelli's wildcat into European wildcat which then diverged into Asian and African during ice age glaciations?

[dkittv]

You think this video will be available on NetFlix?

[coffeefilms]

We're weighing up the best online routes to run it through; I've seen Netflix before, would you recommend it?

[dkittv]

I'd recommend it for me! I use NetFlix to do 99.9% of my movie viewing, so it'd be the best way for me to ever see it, and I'd like to...

It seems very popular, here in the U.S. anyway (Dunno if the U.K. has it or not?). It has a feature to view some films streaming online too though I dunno if that would cut down on potential revenue or not?

Short answer: Yes, I recommend it!

[DiegoDCvids]

awesome wild cats!!thanks for share!

[kearnsy88]

Looks interesting, where can I find this when it comes out?

[tobyup]

Good stuff. Can't wait to see the full documentary. I didn't even know there were still wild cats roaming the highlands!

[SilfoElfo]

Amazing thank u for sharing , I LOVE it specially well... because I'm an animal lover.. and I do really love cats...

[BOCKSET]

Thanks for sharing.Very cool.McKITTIES Clan! good luck with the film. that's a lot of wild cats!More than LA!

[RonanG]

Well done guys and best of luck with the film. I wasn't aware that Scotland had wild cats. Here in Ireland only last week forestry workers reported seeing a large wild cat up in a mountainous area. These reports are becoming more numerous and I wonder could these be relatives of the Scottish cats? Great to see you got a distribution deal. That is gold to a filmmaker.

RonanG

[coffeefilms]

It's still a bit of a debate as to whether these Irish cats are real wildcats or just big feral strays; scientists didn't think wildcats had managed to reach Irelance but rumours and legends persist! If they are there they will probably be very similar to Scottish wildcats!

[coffeefilms]

Quick update... We're pleased to have worked out a little distribution deal and will be releasing this film on DVD later this year, more news and pre order details coming soon!

[QueenElphie]

One of my cats may be half Scottish Wild cat I think

[siluandintambov]

Awesome! I love wildcats!

[tiagoesquimo]

Does the DVD show the cat in natural behave? Hunting, for example?

[tiagoesquimo]

Behavior, I mean

[coffeefilms]

It shows a little but they're an exceptionally hard animal to film, the opening sequence shows a wild living cat walking the Highlands looking for food and catching a smale vole, there is also a mating sequence filmed in captivity but precisely to natural behaviour, we will be releasing a better trailer shortly before releasing it with more footage; keep a look out!

[tiagoesquimo]

Thank you.

[MEOSHABEAN1]

cool that's was nice

[lightscameraaction1]

what is the difference between wild cats and domestic cats, what is the origin of domestic cats

[coffeefilms]

Wild cats are the ancestors of domestic cats. Thousands of years ago people in Asia began keeping Asian wildcats as pets to kill mice and so on, over time they became domesticated; same sort of difference between a wolf and the family dog!

[voodoochild22]

I luv the cats, they encapsulate freedom! No they just deserve to live like everything else buy a shotgun and protect them.

[madwebb]

Are these indigenouse animals or where they introduced.

[coffeefilms]

Indiginous; all cats actually evolved in Europe, the earliest true cat fossils were found in France and wildcats have been in Scotland for at least 2 million years.

[madwebb]

So i added 2 E`s and lost an eye. Spellings not my strong point.Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[12milesynesthesia]

angus!

[notenglishandproud]

this is nice. i didnt manage to see this on tv....can i purchase a dvd from somewhere? also, at the end of this clip are you filming in strathspey near kincraig? it looks very like that part of the CairnGorms, near my house in fact. ?

[coffeefilms]

DVD available soon, and yes a lot of the film was shot around that area; Loch Insch, Kingussie, Aviemore, Loch Avon, Loch Etchachan, Ben Macdhui etc; Beautiful place!

[notenglishandproud]

nice. cheers

[gert83]

You get admixture between wild and domestic here in northern scotland. BTW - "not violently threatened" is not totally true. There are wild cats where I live but they won't fight with a domestic unless they're mating. They avoid fights, + they really don't like humans and domestics usually = humans.

[theresaheid]

what a brilliant clip of a beautiful truely wild animal, the narrator is bang on, their free spirit does encapsulate all re freedom. a huge conservation effort must be made, mps at holyrood should support this , instead of blowing hot air about football and tourism, these animals are a national treasure, and should be protected. from steveynurse harrogate.

[nushnik]

looks a lot meaner than a housecat.

[markjscottfilms]

Actually, one of our family cats looks like a cross between a tabby and a wild-cat. Her markings aren't that of a normal cat and her face and coat colour are like that of a wild-cat. She's also an amazing hunter.

[markjscottfilms]

I've seen a film about Scottish wildcats before and this one looks far, far superior. It has an important message too.

[ewanstatic2006]

aww, who's responsable for thier decrease? im guessing us as usual

[coffeefilms]

You guessed right, they were hunted to near extinction by the early 1900s and are now threatened by the huge number of feral domestic cats; not violently threatened as the wildcat is far more powerful, but both species interbreed and the wildcat genes are disappearing, less than 400 remain in the UK.

[ewanstatic2006]

thats a damn shame they look like such incredible animals too! thanks for the reply also

[migeru29]

maybe this is inevitable, is part of the natural process of evolution, dont you think?

[coffeefilms]

Sometimes that can be true; but wildcats are low in number from human persecution, and now struggling because of human introduced domestic cats that definitely don't occur naturally here. If the persecution stopped and we were more responsible domestic cat owners, there would still be thousands of wildcats, their extinction is avoidable with just a little short term effort so it definitely isn't evolution in this case!

[migeru29]

yeah.. if that was the case... but maybe is more of our nature to be like that, irresponsible "owners"... i mean "if" does not exist, of course is not impossible but would very hard to make the rest to think as we do.

[coffeefilms]

I think we have to have hope people can change, many people would care but don't understand, increasingly people will have to learn and care, nature inevitably collapses if too much of it is wiped out and it would cost all the money in the world several times over to replace what it does for us in just a year. The natural human isn't so selfish or wasteful, you only need to look at indigenous tribal people.