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Our Next Social Evening

Our next social evening is on Thursday 25th February
in
Commercial Hotel, Dufftown
at 7.30pm
Guest Speaker will be Anne Burgess who is to give us a talk about:

The Geograph Project - A photographic record of the British Isles

Members & non-members welcome.

“The Cairngorm Wildcat Project – Saving the Highland Tiger”

Dr. David Hetherington gave a fascinating talk on
the plight of the Scottish Wildcat at our last AGM.
Anyone wanting more information on the invaluable work being
done please follow the links below.

click on the images to open

The Scottish wildcat has become extremely rare. It’s much rarer than the Bengal tiger.
In fact, experts believe there could be as few as 400 left in the wild.
This makes the wildcat one of Britain’s most endangered species.

Wildcats have endured centuries of habitat loss;
they’ve been hunted for fur and have been killed as vermin.
The Scottish wildcat is our only remaining native feline.
As a predator, it plays a crucial role in our ecosystems.

It is rooted in Scotland’s natural heritage, an untameable spirit admired by the people of the Highlands for centuries. The wildcat is everything it is to be wild.
It is a creature to admire.
To safeguard its future would be something we can all be proud of.
Letting it slip away is surely not an option.

click the leaflet to visit highlandtiger.com and find out more about
this elusive and endangered Scottish Wildcat

Dr. Hetherington is the acknowledged expert on the subject and has been appointed Cairngorms Wildcat Project Manager and has in the last year appeared on a number of TV programs highlighting the life of this elusive creature.

This unique wildcat conservation project has kicked off in the Cairngorms National Park one of the animal’s strongholds. Saving the wildcat is not a five minute job. We need lots of help from lots of people. In the coming years, the Highland Tiger partners will be working hard to:

Secure the future of Scottish wildcats through practical conservation and research.
To raise awareness of the plight of the Scottish wildcat.
Promote public support for wildcat conservation.

If we fail, the wildcat becomes extinct – it’s that simple.

www.highlandtiger.com

New Blood Wanted

If you would like to join the committee of the Friends please contact the Chairman, Alan Souter, for further details
you can either send an email to :-
chairman@friendsofbenrinnes.org.uk
or
alternatively by telephone on
01340 871504

Donations Box

The Friends role is now more of a fundraising role than a hands-on role, as we have done what we set out to do in terms of dealing with the scarring of the Ben by installing the path.
As a result we have decided to put a donations box at the start of the walk to the summit.
We hope that once you have enjoyed your walk you may feel that you would like to give a small donation to help us with our on-going maintanence of the path and the revegetation of the damaged areas.
All donations will be gratefully received and can be made as Gift Aid donations.
You can find a Gift Aid declaration form HERE

To find out more about Gift Aid click HERE

Thank you for your support

The pictures above are of Alan, Ged and Bob replacing the fence at the car park that was pushed over last year by the snow clearing operations.
The fence posts were supplied by the Estate and the fencing wire was re-used.
There will be more of these pics in the galleries in due course.
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