UK – Wales

Wild ‘panther’ spotted on Halkyn Mountain – FemaleFirst
FemaleFirst
Mark looked at the cat through his binoculars and he’s convinced the beast was way too big to have been a domestic cat. He told Puma Watch: “Me, my …

Herewith another news dump. Again, it is a interesting story about mystery cats, and I make no apologies for including it here. It is interesting to see how even the devolved governments in the UK are beginning to take the stories of mystery felids in the British countryside seriously. I will not be doing much more news aggregation this evening, but I seriously suspect that will be more news dumps either tonight or in the next few days. I am very pleased to see how many things my iPad can do that I didn’t know, but I strongly suspect I will have a computer or two again in the next week or so. Many apologies, again, for the break in our normal service JD

And so the Welsh wild big cat reports continue to come in. Again, I would like to stress that the important thing is not whether or not these cats are there. We know they are. But the two big questions that need answering are what species they are? and what effect they having on the ecosystem as a whole? If I were a betting man, and betting is one of the few vices I have never had, I would say that the results on the ecosystem are going to be good ones across the board. JD

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Mystery “big cat” in North Wales

On This Day: ‘Black panther’ spotted on Prestatyn beach | Rhyl Journal
Rhyl Journal
Tony Jones, Puma Watch founder, said there had been other sightings of big cats along the Denbighshire coast. Mr Jones added at the time: “Towards the …

‘Ginormous big cat on loose’ in Wales as ‘muscular’ beast runs in front of car – The Mirror

Big cats’ spotted roaming Anglesey fields and ‘stalking sheep’

‘Big cat’ fears after two sheep and lamb found dead in field