Wild Cats Uk Sightings

As of December 2016 the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs had received 27 reports of exotic cats which escaped from zoos or private collections since 1975.

Wild cats uk sightings. Leopards pumas jaguars lynx and even lions among the beasts said to be on the loose in the UK. Study and analyse the presence of big cats in Britain. More sightings of big cats are reportedly being seen in Somerset after one woman claimed she saw one as large as an Alsatian run through.

According to the latest figures from the British Big Cats Society 71 wild cats have been seen in Staffordshire 48 in Herefordshire and Worcestershire 33 in Shropshire and two in Warwickshire. The five well-reported sightings since January are just the tip of the iceberg the expert suggests claiming to receive reports regularly and routinely of primarily American mountain lions and black panthers. To the South of these sightings a tawny-coloured animal was spotted in the Shropshire Hills last month.

Reports and sightings of big cats in Britain continue to this day and there have been a large number in Cornwall including the infamous Beast of Bodmin. Scottish wild cat sightings should therefore occur in northern Scotland. To prove these creatures exist the team need to track one so theyve pul.

1515 11 Nov 2016. The previously reported sightings along the A5 described a black animal though some were uncertain due to the lighting. Kent Police revealed that there had been 26 sightings between 2011 and 2016 in response to a Freedom of Information request.

Throughout the UK Norfolk has had the most reported sightings with a total of 57 having been sighted. If you enjoyed be sure to smash that like button and if you would like to see more of my videos be sure to subscribe to my channel so you never mis. Big Cats GB BCGB independently investigates non-native big cat sightings events predation in Great Britain to those who have witnessed big cat sightings events or are landowners who are or have suffered from predation of their livestock.

Animal Planet has set out to investigate reported sightings of Big Cats in the UK. There were 455 sightings of big cats between 2010 and 2015 in the UK. A fringe theory suggests that the animals may be surviving Ice Age fauna where leopards scimitar-toothed cats lions and lynxs had been found in.