The Return of the Wildcat

In this 40minutesdocumentary the ecologist and filmmaker David Cebulla is on a quest to find one of Germanys shyest and most endangered species the European wildcat During a scientific prestudy by chance he made the first record of a wildcat in an area near his hometown Jena Thereupon he dedicates a whole year to get the genetic evidence and a really splendid film recording of a freeliving wildcat For this reason he sets up trail cameras and lure sticks To find out more about these animals he meets up with two interview partners in course of the film The Thuringian wildcat expert Silvester Tamás answers questions regarding estimates on the stock of freeranging wildcats and the protection of the species Matthias Krüger is headtaxidermist at the Jena Phyletic Museum and explains what we can learn from wildcats found already dead