Pumas and big cats

[DevonHunter 0]

Is there really? Would be interesting to see what kind of barmy laws we have

[mackem 28,089]

I think the Sun Newspaper has a standing reward for unquestionable evidence of a UK black panther of £10,000,the rewards been on offer and unclaimed for quite a few years

[Missie 1]

There was an article in The Field a few years ago about Big Cats in Britain with a map of sightings etc. According to that a big cat will travel up to 500 miles to find a mate so it is acceptable in theory that they would travel up and down the country to breed.

 

I know what I saw at close range and it was easily the size of a GSD but there have been no sightings in around 10 years that I know of.

[mackem 28,089]

Puma have a territory normally of 12 square miles dependant upon prey density,the UK currently has its highest density of deer per square kilometer than at any time in the last thousand years Why is it always a big black puma the size of a lab?Whats the incidence of melanism in puma?These creatures have to be EVERYWHERE as they are regularly see from cornwall to caithness But not one single sharp provable picture?I have a cunning plan

[Simoman 110]

  mackem said:

Puma have a territory normally of 12 square miles dependant upon prey density,the UK currently has its highest density of deer per square kilometer than at any time in the last thousand years Why is it always a big black puma the size of a lab?Whats the incidence of melanism in puma?These creatures have to be EVERYWHERE as they are regularly see from cornwall to caithness But not one single sharp provable picture?I have a cunning plan

 

 

I think melanism in pumas is virtually unheard of but is found more commonly in leopards. The reason that cat sightings have spread between Caithness and Cornwall is due to the more feline accessable rail network

[mackem 28,089]

Yeah,discounted railcards for moggies is equally as believable Pictures anyone?I am sure if you can get a pin-sharp pic of a leopard or sloth-bear from one mountainside to another in extreme conditions then a pic of a large black cat or as simo has just pointed out,leopard,is easy-peasy?

[DevonHunter 0]

Hmmm, photoshop heh heh heh

[Ballybricken 1]

Only one in every 7000 pumas are melanistic .. so we must have 100's of thousands of them running around the UK!

My own opinion on the whole subject is alot of the ''big cats'' (a puma is a large cat and not actually classed as a big cat) is more likely to be kellas cats and other domestic hybrids. I'm not saying the'ye not out there and infact i kind of like the idea of them roaming the countryside, just saying I reckon 98% of sightings aren't actual large/big cats but rather dogs, big moggies or hybrids.

[mackem 28,089]

How come no one ever claims to have sighted a classic rosette marked cat?An article in the Fortean-times actually claimed the black-cats are aliens from another world I think its about time we resurrected Jim Corbett

[leegreen 2,221]

Jim Corbett, who dat?

[Simoman 110]

  leegreen said:

Jim Corbett, who dat?

 

 

His books are classics, he hunted man eating leopards and tigers in India at the turn of the century............

[mackem 28,089]

  Simoman said:

  leegreen said:

Jim Corbett, who dat?

 

 

His books are classics, he hunted man eating leopards and tigers in India at the turn of the century............

I think theres due to be a reprint "The man eating leopard of Rugby",Rudraprayag hasnt got as large a cat problem as the UK,I have been there and saw none

[just jack 998]

  leegreen said:

Jim Corbett, who dat?

RONNIES little brother, hope that helps

[mackem 28,089]

Iberian Lynx,habitats spain,numbering around 100 wild individuals,still plenty of pics of wild specimens,I mean gin-clear,blade-sharp pics of a creature thats on the WWF endangered-list............

[Simoman 110]

Mackem, your like a dog with a bone