Sentence examples for wildcat from inspiring English sources
The phrase "wildcat" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in contexts related to business, labor strikes, or sports, often referring to actions taken independently or without official approval. Example: "The workers decided to go on a wildcat strike, demanding better wages without union approval."
noun
A cat that lives in the wilderness, specifically Felis silvestris, a common small Old World wild cat somewhat larger than a house cat. A bobcat (Lynx rufus) or other similar New World species of lynx.
Following publication two weeks ago of proposals for the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan SNH virtually admitted defeat by stating that using words such as "pure" in respect of the Scottish wildcat "may not be helpful in conservation terms".
The Scottish wildcat is the very essence of our natural heritage.
It is certainly conserving some kind of chimeric confection that resembles a wildcat but it certainly isn't the Scottish wildcat.
The Scottish wildcat is down to the last few dozen of its kind, owing to a mixture of complacency, astonishing incompetence by the government agency tasked with its protection and, now, claims of a cover-up.
Previously the core cities had stood aloof from London, regarding it as a wildcat for having an elected mayor.
Of SNH's conservation proposals, he says: "How can they designate an area for wildcat preservation that doesn't actually have traces of any wildcats?
There is still a chance to save the pure Scottish wildcat but with each passing day it is growing more remote.
The £50m budget Scottish Natural Heritage receives annually from Holyrood is solely for the purpose of protecting species such as the Scottish wildcat.
Yet several experts with long involvement in Scottish wildcat conservation have poured scorn on SNH's prognosis as well as the science it has been deploying.
But the truth is that the wildcat haven project chose to walk away from the position held by the majority.
What is more, SNH is spending £2m on an action plan that appears designed not to save the pure Scottish wildcat while telling us, effectively, that we ought not to be too choosy or look too closely at what it is actually saving.
