Cloning of Scottish Wildcat


File:Yawning wildcat.jpgThough the cloning of Dolly the sheep happened 15 years ago, the experiments in this field by the scientist concerned still continue, his latest work a new technique for cloning rare Scottish wildcats, to help further the future of this endangered species.

The scientist in question, embryologist Dr Bill Ritchie said that the number of cats thought still to exist in the wild is about 400, and cloning to propagate the species has been earlier mooted by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland