Black leopards are quietly thriving in the British countryside

Friday 14th March 2025

Black leopards are quietly thriving in the British countryside – here’s the whole incredible story

Rick Minter, podcast host and author of Big Cats: Facing Britain’s Wild … ‘Big cat‘ caught on camera in Cambridgeshire most likely a leopard, says …
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.