Katie is an African wildcat living at the Birmingham Zoo in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. African wildcats are the closest wild relative of domestic cats–folks can almost be forgiven to think the zoo just put a common tabby on display.
Now enjoying retirement, Katie is a clone from the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species. There, in the mid-2000s, she mated with another clone, producing three wild kittens. This was among the first times this was successful. The hope is that developing this technology will help save species further on the brink than wildcats.