Wild Cats Uk Sightings

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Wild cats uk sightings. The myths surrounding the big cats spotted in Kent. To the South of these sightings a tawny-coloured animal was spotted in the Shropshire Hills last month. 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.

Kent Police revealed that there had been 26 sightings between 2011 and 2016 in response to a Freedom of Information request. Big cats have also been spotted just a few miles away from Cefn Mawr and Chirk along the Dee Valley. Sightings of big cats are not uncommon in the UK although there is often a lack of hard evidence to confirm what people are seeing as an unusual phenomenon.

For decades reports of big cats have surfaced all over Britain from Crystal Palace to Cornwall to Carlisle. However many of the sightings over the. Leopards pumas jaguars lynx and even lions among the beasts said to be on the loose in the UK.

In March 2020 an eyewitness claimed to have seen a big cat as large as an Alsatian. After a rush of sightings this year Rick Minter revealed hes seen five conclusive videos of big cats in the UK and believes there is a breeding population of around 250 across the country. 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.

Big Cat Tracker Claims Theres Wild Puma Lynx And Leopards In The UK Claire Reid Published 1003 12 October 2020 BST Last updated 1004 12 October 2020 BST. In British folklore British big cats also referred to as ABCs phantom cats and mystery cats feature in reported sightings of large felids in the British countryside. 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.

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. 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. Now confined to the Scottish highlands wild cats disappeared from southern England in the 16th century with the last one recorded in.