On a rather chilly day last month, myself and Advocates for Animals volunteers, Barbra and Lindsay, left Edinburgh westbound on the train for Harrysmuir Primary School in Livingston. We were all very excited (and secretly nervous) to be spending the day with around 60 primary five students to hear all about their ideas and suggestions to help conserve the Scottish Wildcat – of which sadly, there are only 400 left.

We were welcomed into a very enthusiastic class keen to show us their projects. The pupils had spent weeks researching the plight of the Scottish wildcat and began devising ideas about how they could help protect this endangered species. Their finished projects were superb did not disappoint.