Moocher71 4,050 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 19 minutes ago, Welsh_red said: Could you imagine the absolute carnage if you could still buy pets like that easily these days Before they brought out the dwa licence in 1975 you could buy any animal from big cats ,bears,crocs, venomous snakes ,wolfs and even apes. Can you imagine how many of these cats and reptiles was released once licensing came into place .I have a few mates who keep venomous snakes and they used to go to a carp lake catching what folk believed was water snakes but was really a type of Asian rear fanged rat snake and one that can pack a punch but not anufe to kill a human . Like you say imagine what the streets be like if anyone could buy a tiger ,lion etc today Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,050 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 40 minutes ago, mackem said: Club Row, brick Lane early 1970's,i cant remember how much the bloke said he bought it for but it was a pittance £20-30 quid I think? Had it till it grew a bit bigger then swapped it for pigeons or something similar Poor thing 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,818 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Moocher71 said: Poor thing The whippets game though 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,818 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, Moocher71 said: Before they brought out the dwa licence in 1975 you could buy any animal from big cats ,bears,crocs, venomous snakes ,wolfs and even apes. Can you imagine how many of these cats and reptiles was released once licensing came into place .I have a few mates who keep venomous snakes and they used to go to a carp lake catching what folk believed was water snakes but was really a type of Asian rear fanged rat snake and one that can pack a punch but not anufe to kill a human . Like you say imagine what the streets be like if anyone could buy a tiger ,lion etc today There was a guy lived in Woking in a double decker bus that owned a lion. Link to post Share on other sites
MH1 1,876 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 55 minutes ago, Welsh_red said: Could you imagine the absolute carnage if you could still buy pets like that easily these days South London 9 Link to post Share on other sites
Moocher71 4,050 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, MH1 said: South London Ya wouldn't want walk through there yard 2 Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,603 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 5 minutes ago, MH1 said: South London Big units aren’t they .. Link to post Share on other sites
Greyman 28,619 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbusher said: I’m surprised that hunts in areas that have a high volume of sightings haven’t ever had hounds catch one or at the least tree one doesn’t matter how smart a cat has to be to survive it can’t throw 30/40 dogs bred to hunt and run off its scent Hounds are broken to cats as it wouldn’t look good if they got on tibbles , I do no of one hunt in the south that has put up a cat or two, but seem quite happy with the situation and don’t advertise it, the photo of the big black creature that has been shown on this thread several times was taken on there patch, and someone many moons ago on this thread was following hounds and saw a cat break cover 20 mins before the hounds came through, if I remember he said dogs never picked up on the scent and ran on, so it does happen mate just not in anyone’s interest to shout about it 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 45,653 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 29 minutes ago, mackem said: The whippets game though One of Greenlurchers 2 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,818 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 12 minutes ago, Daniel cain said: One of Greenlurchers First person I thought of, that's his neck of the woods I think 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Robbusher 1,563 Posted February 1, 2022 Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 I’d love to think that there r bigger felines than your average house cat running round our countryside I wouldn’t call anyone a liar But I think I’d have to see to believe or at least decent trailcam footage/pics 1 Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,476 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 Been a largish cat filmed near mcdonalds near Donny , turned out to be a bengal cross , nice looking cat Link to post Share on other sites
Francie 6,368 Posted February 3, 2022 Report Share Posted February 3, 2022 19 minutes ago, steve66 said: Been a largish cat filmed near mcdonalds near Donny , turned out to be a bengal cross , nice looking cat Did it escape from somewere steve? Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,542 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 10 hours ago, Francie said: Did it escape from somewere steve? Bengals are pets 1 Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,166 Posted February 4, 2022 Report Share Posted February 4, 2022 Think there is a big difference between a Bengal, and a "big cat" lads. Think we need to keep things in perspective here. Personally, I think maybe anything less than a Lynx can be disregarded. I mean, something like a Serval, of a Bengal, fall well short, when it comes to the mysterious, and intriguing notion of there being big cats roaming the Brittish countryside. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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