# @bbcnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRWmH1dDMgC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37193648-bbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-22T09:04:48.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

One of the UK's most critically endangered mammals could make a return from extinction in England, conservationists say.
 
The South West Wildcat Project hopes to bring back 50 European wildcats, from 2028, after a study found a colony could "flourish" in the mid-Devon countryside.
 
Reintroduction plans follow a breeding scheme to boost numbers in Scotland but there are concerns that the carnivores could pose a threat to poultry, gamebirds and native bird species, as well as a risk of cross-breeding with domestic cats.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to find out why the carnivores disappeared from England and Wales.
 
(📷 Tom Mason, Devon Wildlife Trust/PA, Getty)
 
#Wildcats #Devon #BBCNews

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