Where are big cats roaming wild in the UK?

Wednesday 23rd July 2025

Where are big cats roaming wild in the UK? We take a look at the leopards and pumas …

UK’s big cats. Highland puma, 1980. Persistent reports of a big cat that had been seen stalking livestock (including some Shetland ponies), along with …
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.