Big Cat Reports From Around the World
How To Save the World's Big Cats: An interview with biologist Luke Hunter
http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0522-interview_hunter.html
Reports of large unusual cats are not only confined to the British Isles and Ireland. Reports come in from all over the world. We will, for your information start adding reports on this page.
(Including oddities that turn up from time to time - and general news on cats)
Tiger Spotting the Hard Way (movie clip)
Afghanistan
Situation Worsens for Snow Leopards in Afghanistan
Daily Telegraph: January 5th, 2003.
Africa
'Black Lions' Terrify Township News24.com South Africa: 9th May 2008
Bizarre' New Mammal Discovered BBC News: 1st February 2008
Scientists Find New Mammal in Tanzania UPI: 1st February 2008
South-African Leopards Follow the Scent of Chanel Carnivore Conservation: July 2007
Rabid Cheetah Bites BBC Presenter BBC News: March 2007
South Africa OKs New Lion Hunting Laws http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news - 20th February 2007
Local Scientist Finds New Big Cat Species Frederick News Post: 28th January 2007
Eastern Cape Leopard Tagged Cape Times: 12th December 2006
The Terror of the Coastlands Source and date unknown
Australia
Including Thylacine reports
Panther Appears in Question Time Northern News.com.au: 10th June 2008
Tassie tiger or fox? Swipe its barcode and just end the argument http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2008/02/international_b.html 19th February 2008
Australian Maraylya Panther Hawkesbury Gazette: 13th February 2008
Reality or Fiction? Beast Puzzles Big Cat on the Prowl The Echo: 31st January 2008
John's a Big Cat Believer The Echo: 31st January 2008
Big Cat Sighting in Otways 1st January 2008 Geelong Advertiser
Pumas Under Microssope 17th October 2007: http://ararat.yourguide.com.au/articles/517358.html?src=topstories
Another Big Cat Sighting Geelong Advertiser: 19th September 2007
WA - Locals Tell of Big Cat Sightings ABC Rural: 18th September 2007
Big cat fear: Mystery predator kills foal Geelong Advertiser: 15th September 2007
Big Cat Sighting reported to BCIB Via Katy Jordan
Cape’s Mystery Cat Could be a Panther The Cairns Weekend Post: 11/8/07
Search for Big Cat Continues Geelong Advertiser: 17th July 2007
Mysterious Tasmanian Tiger May Not Be Extinct http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287908,00.html July 2007
Big cat mystery http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology - 4th March 2007
Australia's new feral mega-cats Tenterfield News: 13th March 2007
Remains of Creature May be Buried at Chicken Farm McArthur Chronicle: 29th January 2007
Strange Encounters of the Panther Kind McArthur Chronicle: 29th January 2007
No Sign, But Something is Out There McArthur Chronicle: 29th January 2007
Gippsland Big Cat - World Record!
Where Light Meets Dark: November 2006
Giant Feral Cats to Scare on Screen Sydney Morning Herald: 21st May 2006
Sceptics Pummel Preying Puma Possibility Friday, December 13, 2002. Posted: 15:03:20 (AEDT).
'Killer Cats' On The Loose, From The Australian: December 12, 2002
Beast Of Buderim On The Prowl. Sunday Mail: 9th July 1995
The Beast of Buderim From the Sunshine Coast: 30th April 1995
Reported to BCIB - 1991 - Manly, Sydney, Australia BCIB report form
Big Cats Terrorise Farmers Daily News: 12th July 1990
MPs to Debate Cat Mystery Source unknown: 12th November 1972
Mystery Animals Terrorise Farms Sunday Times: 12th November 1972
Belgium
‘For a Price I can get you ANY Animal’
By Daniel Foggo and Hala Jaber Sunday Times: 22nd July 2007
Bhutan
Mystery Cat Identified in Bhutan Kuensel Newspaper: 11th June 2008
2007
Borneo
Conservationists claim to have found a new species of big cat. But this is just the latest case of species inflation The Economist: 17th March 2007
New Species of Leopard With Largest Fangs in Cat World Discovered Publication unknown: 15th March 2007
Britain
Threat lifted over enclosure for lynx family at Birmingham Nature Centre
Birmingham Mail: 29th July 2008
Wild Animals Can Be Kept As Pets Without Being Checked Under Changed Laws
Mail On Lone: 3rd June 2008
Heads You Loose
Sunday Life: 11th May 2008
Crowds Turn out to Spot Cheetahs
Express and Star: February 2008
Lost Era's Animals go Under the Hammer
EDP24: 9th February 2008
Aspinall is Caught in Big Cat Fight
Daily Mail: 6th February 2008
Cats Brought into the Country
The Sun: 25th January 2008
Big Cat Enthusiast ‘Will be Missed’
Publication Unknown: 23rd January 2008
Puma Walked into a Pub
Evening Chronicle, Newcastle: 16th January 2008
Wildcats May Terrorise the Woods Again with Breed-to-release Project
The Times: 14th January 2008
Drink to the Elusive Big Cat With Snow Leopard Vodka
January 2008: http://www.hippyshopper.com/2008/01/drink_to_the_el.html
Cambodia
Rare Leopard Pictured with Young in Cambodia
AFP: 3rd May 2007
Canada
Deer Legs and Cougar Tracks Brantford Expositor 29/4/08
‘Came out of Nowhere’: Big Cat Attacks Man, killed Dog Brantford Expositor, Ontario: February 2008
Wildcat Saunters into Whistlers Village Shop
CBC News Canada: 11/1/08
Black Panther - Canada
North Bay Nugget, Ontario: 7th August 2007
China
Animal Parks Selling Illegal Tiger Bone Wine
Rogue River Press: June 2008
Rare China Tiger Seen in the Wild
BBC News: October 2007
Chinese Mountain Cat
National Geographic: 30th August 2007
Double-Trouble: Tiger gives birth to twin cubs - one yellow and one white
Daily Mail: 2nd August 2007
Stuff the Tiger– Long Live Extinction
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article1908938.ece: June 2007
Toy Leopard Sparks Panics
Ananova: 24th April 2007
Tiger Pictured Mating Lioness
BBC News: 10th October 2006
South China tiger feared annihilated
Source and exact date unkown: March 2007
Ethiopia
UK diplomats fear Addis leopard
BBC News: 10th October 2006
France
Panther Strikes
Daily Star on Sunday: 25th November 2007
French Town Fears Stray Tiger Roaming Gardens
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/20/1984409.htm : 20th July 2007
Tiger Feared on the Loose in France
http://uk.reuters.com: 19th July 2007
White Lion’s Born in a French Zoo.
Jurques, France (AFP): 23rd May 2007
Mysterious Big Cat Sighted in France
Speigel Online: 15th August 2006
Big Cat Hunt
ABC News Online: 14th August 2006
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South American Monster Hunt
CFZ Press Release: For Immediate Release: 2007-10-24
India
Encounters in the wild
The Hindu: 14th October 2007
India Uses "Mooing" Ringtones to Catch Leopards
Reuters: 4th June 2007
Luring Leopard With Rooster and Mobile
The Times of India: 29th May 2007
Big, Black Cat Causes Conservation Flutter
The Telegraph, Calcutta: 30th April 2007
Tiger Mauls Man at Zoo Feeding Time
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au: 10th February 2007
Villagers Chase, Kill Two Rare Leopards in India
Reuters: 18th January 2007
Leopard Dies From People Attack
BBC News: 18th January 2007
Escaped Leopard Mauls Man in Street
Daily Mail: 18th January 2007
Leopard Creates Bathroom Mayhem
BBC News: 8th January 2007
Indonesia
WWF photographs three-legged Sumatran tiger that may have survived
capture - escape from snare
WWF: 5th July 2007
Israel
A Leopard in the Bedroom
Reuters: 29th May 2007
Israeli Rescues Cat From Leopard Who Stole Into His Home
dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur: 29th May 2007
Man Wrestles Leopard Hunting Pet Cat in Bedroom
Reuters: 29th May 2007
Italy
Panther Panic Strikes Again
ANSA (Italy): 6th April 2006
Panther Panic Strikes Again
ANSA (Italy): 6th April 2006
Japan
As a Japanese Island Grows Less Remote, a Wildcat Grows More Endangered
New York Times: 5th February 2008
First Tsushima Cat Sighted in South Since 1984
Carnivore Conservation: May 2007
Malaysia
Malaysian Mystery Leopards
By Fiona Sunquist National Wildlife Magazine: Dec/Jan 2007
New Zealand
Fears of Lions on the Loose http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10487576: January 19, 2008
Student Claims Mystery Black Cat Exists http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=110740: 17th January 2007
Second Big Cat 'Sighted' in Canterbury The Press: 9th January 2007
Students on the Trail of the Black Cat Ashburton Guartdian: 8th January 2007
Plan to Catch 'Panther' on Film http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3892495a11,00.html: 8th December 2006
Possible Sighting of Canty Mystery Cat
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/821630: 2nd September 2006
Pawprint Deepens Black Cat Mystery Ashburton Guardian: 16th August 2006
Philippines
Sigbin March 2008
Russia
Rarest Big Cat Caught in Camera Trap
National Geographic: 7th May 2008
Nearly Extinct Leopard is Examined
UPI: 16th November 2006
Spain
New Iberian Lynx?
National Geographic: 27th October 2007
New Lynx Population Discovered in Spain
Webwire: 24th October 2007
Mijas Police Hunt Large Black Panther
Thinkspain: 26th September 2007
Domestic Rabbits on Menu for Endangered Lynx
The Telegraph: 11th March 2007
Pet Cats and Rabbits Come to the Rescue of Endangered Iberian Lynx
March 2007
Bubbly Threat to Spain's Rare Lynxes
The Independant: 16th March 2007
Sumatra
Sumatran Tigers Being Sold into Extinction
WWF: 13th February 2008
Critically Endangered Species Found in soon-to-be- destroyed Sumatran Forest
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/sumatra-forests937.html 3rd November 2007
USA
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Urban Pumas
http://snovalleystar.com/2008/05/21/cougars-on-the-prowl-in-the-valley :July 2008
DNA Tests Say Car Attack Culprit Wasn't Lizard Man WIS10: 15th June 2008
Mountain Lion Kills New Mexico Man Dallas News: 24th June 2008
Cat killed in Missouri identified as leopard Associated Press: 22ND June 2008
Big Cat Blamed In Man's Death Las Cruces Sun News: 21st June 2008
Big Cat Shot Dead in Chicago BBC News: April 2008
"Lizard Man" Returns? WIS TV: 29th February 2008
USA Tales of Big Cats More Myth Than Reality The Clanton Advertiser: February 2008
US Abandons Jaguar Recovery Plan http://www.iar.org.uk/globalnews/articles/2008/01/us_abandons_jaguar_recovery_plan_262.html: 18th January 2009
Tiger Escapes S.F. Zoo Cage and Kills 26th December 2007: Associated Press
80-Year-old Woman Fights Lion to Protect Her Dog Owen Williams, Jan 09 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
Local Hunter Cited For Big Game Violation ©Madison Daily Leader: December 2007
Mountain Lion Ruins Hot Tub Session Source Unknown: 10th December 2007
New Law Will Address Issues Raised by Bengal Tiger in Chickasaw County Orlando Sentinel: 8th December 2007
Possible Puma Attack on Florida Toddler Contact Karen Heinselman at (319) 291-1581 or karen.heinselman@wcfcourier.com.
Pet Lion Get's Loose, Chases Cars on Ohio Highway Houston Chronicle: 21st November 2007
Big Cat Caught on Tape - (animal turns out to be a bobcat) KCTV5.com: November 5th 2007
Floodwood Man Captures Image of Elusive Mountain Lion
By Ed Stoddard Woodbury Bulletin: 27 October 2007
Cougar Attack Reported near Bellfountain Park
By Ed Stoddard Gazette Times: October 2007
Dead Ocelot Bad News for Falling U.S. Population
By Ed Stoddard Reuters: 12th July 2007
Mini-leopard Cat Comes With $22,000 Price Tag Reuters: 1st June 2007
Big Cat Caught, Killed in Mountain Ranch Union Democrat: 27th April 2007
Report of Big Cat Prompts Search in Franklin Sentinel Jersey: 24th April 2007
Federal Government Attack on Big Cats-New Bill Attempts to Outlaw Touching a Tiger or Lion Cub. http://www.fastpitchnetworking.com/pressrelease.cfm?PRID=9005 : 24th April 2007
Big Cat Concern in McCloud Publication unknown: 18th April 2007
Bobcat Surprises Homeowner In Canyon Country NBC: April 2007
Will cameras catch the mythical cat - do mountain lions live in Virginia? http://www.redorbit.com: February 2007
Survivor of Big Cat Attack Goes Home Monterey Herald: 14th February 2007
Lynx on the Rise, Breeding with Bobcats in N.B. CBC News: 5th February 2007
Fortuna woman beats wildcat in head with log until it lets go of
husband's head The Press Democrat California: 26th January 2007
Mountain Lion Likely a Cat Minot Daily News: 1st January 2007
Mystery Black Felid Photo: Identified. Cryptomundo: January 2007
‘Like Horns of a Devil’
Sun Journal USA Lewiston, Maine : 17th August 2006
Mystery Beast Killed in USA
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208683,00.html: 16th August 2006
Cougar with a black head.
www.savethecougar.org: 25th June 2006
