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Dublin: 10 °C Thursday 23 May, 2013

What’s a Fishing Cat cub? This is a Fishing Cat cub

Awwwww.

TO WELCOME ITS newest arrival, Tayto Park has taken some photographs for the first baby album of its newborn Fishing Cat cub.

Be prepared for an awful lot of awwwwwing.

What’s a Fishing Cat cub? This is a Fishing Cat cub
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    The newest addition to Tayto Park, a female Fishing Cat cub, explores her surroundings. All photos: Simon McDermott/Photocall Ireland
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    The Fishing Cat is an endangered specie native to Thailand, Cambodia and India.
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    The Fishing Cat is double the size of a domestic cat.
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    The little one was born in August and is slowing being introduced to her surroundings as her parents keep a watchful eye.
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    Yet to be named, the creature is a real success story for the park's breeding programme.
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    Lee Donohoe, head keeper at Tayto Park said today “The Fishing Cat is typically twice the size of the average domestic cat, the new cub has settled well into her surroundings and is full of energy. She sees every part of her compound as a mini adventure!”
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    International Cat Day takes place this month so Tayto Park is celebrating the seven different cat species that live in Tayto Park –the Amur Leopard, the Ocelot, the Serval, the Mountain Lion, the Eurasian Lynx, the Jaguarundi and the Fishing Cat.

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