Things may seem full of doom and gloom at the moment, but if there's one thing that always cheers up it's ridiculously cute baby animals and today The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is celebrating the birth of two critically endangered wildcat kittens at Edinburgh Zoo.
Wildcats are one of Scotland’s rarest and most threatened mammals and RZSS is leading a new partnership project, Saving Wildcats, based at the charity’s second site, Highland Wildlife Park.
Staff at the wildlife conservation charity say the species-saving kittens, a boy and a girl, will be named in the coming weeks.
Alison Maclean, carnivore team leader at Edinburgh Zoo, said, “We are thrilled to have welcomed the birth of two wildcat kittens in September, to mum Caol Ila and dad Talisker.
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“The youngsters are doing well and we will be asking for the public’s help to name them in the coming weeks.”
If you can't make it to Edinburgh Zoo to spot the new arrivals, the Zoo is still broadcasting live from some of their enclosures, including pandas, penguins and koalas. Watch them here.
