‘That’s no house cat’ say shocked locals as ‘panther’ spotted in Scots village
FEARS a big cat could be prowling the countryside have grown after a suspected Leopard’s lair was discovered inside a metal pipe filled with rotting sheep carcasses.Nearby other remains were discovered in similar conditions.HEARTBREAKING LOSS"All the bodies looked like a cat had torn the skin back and eaten it from the insides and out.
"There were others around a tree at the other end of the field - easy places for a cat to kill and eat them without being noticed."'That's no house cat' say shocked locals as 'panther' spotted in Scots village"It was close up just meters away so I got a good look and then then again in 2015 and 2016.“When I saw one up close it confirmed it for me.
And while over the years, debate has raged over whether grainy pictures and videos can conclusively prove that big beasts are on the prowl, experts insist they are lurking in our countryside. Leading wildcat expert Rick Minter says he has personally heard of 1,400 credible accounts of big cats in the UK over the last decade, but believes they are the "tip of the iceberg" as most go unreported.
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