A captive breeding programme for the Scottish wildcat has been established in the frame of the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan, with wild-caught individuals that pass genetic and morphological tests to be considered wildcats with less than 5% hybridization.
Participating institutions include the Alladale Wilderness Reserve, Chester Zoo, British Wildlife Centre, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Highland Wildlife Park and Aigas Field Centre.

This captive breeding programme has drawn criticism from animal-rights organizations like Captive Animals Protection Society, which stated that the breeding program has "little to do with conservation and everything to do with these zoos stocking their cages".

Six kittens were born at the Highland Wildlife Park in 2015.

From 2011 to 2016, there have been 15 surviving Scottish wildcat kittens born at the Highland Wildlife Park.

As of December 2016, around 80 Scottish wildcats were in captivity.
A captive breeding programme for the Scottish wildcat has been established in the frame of the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan, with wild-caught individuals that pass genetic and morphological tests to be considered wildcats with less than 5% hybridization. Participating institutions include the Alladale Wilderness Reserve, Chester Zoo, British Wildlife Centre, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Highland Wildlife Park and Aigas Field Centre.
This captive breeding programme has drawn criticism from animal-rights organizations like Captive Animals Protection Society, which stated that the breeding program has "little to do with conservation and everything to do with these zoos stocking their cages".
Six kittens were born at the Highland Wildlife Park in 2015.
From 2011 to 2016, there have been 15 surviving Scottish wildcat kittens born at the Highland Wildlife Park. 
As of December 2016, around 80 Scottish wildcats were in captivity.
Scottish wildcat