Anyone own any??

And what do people think of them being wild in England? True or False??

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there is alot of urban myths that could easily be plausable eith big cats in the wild in britain...

because back in the day.. they wernt on DWA.. no licences were needed.. so every1 and his mum had one..

then dwa came in.. and was expensive as hell.. some people kept them illegaly.. some had them put down... others released into wild in britain..

they say all were caught.. but loads of people say "omg i saw a big cat n the woods"

i think if there were one... we would notice it a little more...

their feeding regeme would be noticed.. dogs/cats/people going missing.. cows sheep etc... and there would be a noticable kill site..

think they are amazing animals... but think these are best in the wild

peace

James

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I agree, I think there would be more evidence of the presence of a big cat. They will stick to a known prey area, so it would be more noticeable when livestock went missing. If they are supposed to have survived wild for the last 30 odd years, then it's logical they must be breeding, either that or the original "escapees" would be pretty much on deaths doorstep by now. So with breeding comes increased numbers and increased chances of sightings and increased livestock going missing or being found dead.

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I know you asked for sightings in England but...in March 2003 there were 3 sightings (of a large black cat) in and around Falkirk, Scotland.

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Definately something on Dartmoor an Exmoor - wild boar all over the place now that could easily sustain a preditor.

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Well apparently theres one in Bexley in Kent... sheep go missing and peoples cats etc... i think they are out there... think how well a Panther would blend into the darkness... you'd only see its eyes...

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Of course there are large cats loose, all the "pet" ones didn't just vanish when the DWAL was introduced.

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Not that anyone beleives us but me and my grandad saw a cougar in Thetford Forest in the summer of '98.

We were on a camp site, went for a bike ride only a road on the edge of the forest. As we got closer to it, it ran off. Then that night we heard what cud only be described as a giant meow - like you wud imagine from a bigger cat.

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there are several known cats out and about in the uk, when you start to talk to people IN the countryside.. who live and work there.. whose time is spent there in hobbies and so on..

Dorset: my ex has seen something whilst out fishing round ringwood, on the edge of the new forest, as have several of his fishing mates

Surrey: a farming friend, out riding, had a "large tawny cat, with tufted ears" cross in front of her horse

Devon: a farming friend again, has clawed trees on her land, has neighbours with a carcass found half way up a tree, and has had calls from the farmhouse across the way to say "are your chickens in, and the dogs shut up, as we can see something large and black outside your chicken shed at the moment"

Lincolnshire: a friend with an exotics refuge down the road from here, has, amongst other things, female puma. when they are in season, you can stand on her land and hear the wild male who lives locally, calling from the woods that border the fields nearby.

Lincolnshire again: down our lane infact.. the dogs went after something last year, which was the same size as dora, the 6ft wolfhound. one dog froze in fear and wet itself... dora, the other took off after it.. once the dog had been recaught, whatever it was followed rory back up the lane, keeping pace with him through the fields opposite.. being a pitch black night in the countryside with no illumination.. details were not visable tho.. so we can't say for sure that it was X or Y.. but we have ruled out things like fox, badger, deer and so on.. and you begin to run out of candidates.. and knowing there is definitely big cat living within 12 miles of here.. you do wonder lol..

but then there are other things loose in the uk landscape.. from the better know wild boars to racoons to harris hawks to porcupines to corn snakes.. there are quite a few non native species who adapt just nicely to our shores..

N

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I recon they are a bit like ghosts.

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