It’s not a bloody leopard

Monday 29th June 2026

This story, which broke a few days ago, took the Internet by storm. It was originally claimed that this was a creature that looked like a leopard, but it is simple, when you zoom into it, to see it’s nothing of the sort. It is either a serval, or – more likely – a Savannah Cat, which is a domestic breed produced by crossing domestic cut with servals.  They cost a fortune, and seem to have a tendency to escape given half a chance.  JD

Wildlife rescue group hunting for big cat in Bramerton, Norfolk – BBC News

Night vision scopes and cage traps are to be deployed in a bid to catch an escaped big cat prowling the countryside. Kevin Murphy, who runs 
 

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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 an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.