Big cat sightigs reported in Dorset

Sunday 19th September 2021

Big cat sightings reported in Dorset | Bournemouth Echo

”ARE big cats really running wild in Dorset? Despite wild cats disappearing from the south of England in the 16th century there have still been a number of …”
I would love to know where the idea of wildcats having  disappeared from the south of England in the 16th century came from. Although I am certain there are big cats living wild in Dorset.
 
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Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.