| UK Big Cats - Other Evidence |
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| One of the
main arguments that we hear from people for the non
existence of Big Cats in the UK is the lack of evidence. |
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| We have some
photos and video evidence that is always shot from a
distance, but that never seems to be conclusive enough. |
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| Over the years there have been cats killed
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| 1989
- In Shropshire a Jungle Cat was fatally injured
in a road crash |
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| 1988
- In Devon a Leopard Cat was shot |
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| 1988
- In Hampshire a Swamp Cat was killed crossing a
road |
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| 1987
- On the Isle of Wight a Leopard Cat was shot |
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| But the fact
that these cats were killed, photographed, examined and
recorded is still not proof to most people as they are
not aware of it ever happening. |
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| There are
clues left by the cats to show they are there, but you
would have to look very carefully to spot them. |
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| There will
be tracks left when they are out hunting, evidence of
their kills will remain as they don't eat the skeletons,
there will also be hair samples and droppings left as
they walk around the fields and through hedges. |
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| BUT in order
to find evidence we have to look for it, most people
don't even think about it when they are out and about so
it will easily get missed. |
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| Another clue
that the cats leave is scratch marks on trees where they
have been sharpening their claws on the bark, about 4 or
5 feet up the trunk from ground level and you may see 5
or 6 inches of scratch marks close together. |
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| A common
argument is the fact that there are no Big Cat corpses
found.... as these animals can only live so long how
come their corpses are not being found. We'll the
honest answer is I don't know! |
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| We regularly
go out for hours in remote areas of East Anglia looking for
our black panther, we know that there are hundreds of
deer in the area, we have seen big herds of them in the
winter, we see masses of tracks yet have never seen one
deer corpse... |
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| They must be
out there somewhere, it is just fate I suppose that they
haven't been found yet, but given time I have no doubt
they will be found, but we are only talking about a
small number of cats in the UK so it's like the old
needle in a haystack. |
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| The more we
and other groups around the UK keep up our research and
keep going out to search known hot spots, one day we
will find what we are looking for, it is just a matter
of time, some luck and a lot of patience. |
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| As always,
you will be the first to find out if anything is
discovered right here on this web site www.ukbigcats.co.uk
tell your friends and let us know of any reported
sightings that you may have seen, read or heard about. |
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| PLEASE
NOTE: All information on this web site is provided
for reference only, we do not encourage anyone to go out
and look for these creatures, nor do we wish any harm to
become them or you. All sightings contained within
this web site will never contain exact locations unless
they have previously been published, this is done for
both the cats and your safety. |
