Merged Alien Big Cats in the UK?

[Toke]

There is a big kitty loose in Denmark now.

I can tell the Danish challenged that it is a lynx escaped from a zoo, it have never had live food, and traps have been set out.
It is supposed to be very "fond" of children, particularly 1-2 year olds.

 

[Apology]

It is supposed to be very "fond" of children, particularly 1-2 year olds.

I imagine by the time they're 4-5 years old, they're stringy, tough, and full of preservatives from junk food

 

[The Don]

......<snippity>
It is supposed to be very "fond" of children, particularly 1-2 year olds.

Mmmmmmmmm, people veal

 

[Toke]

Mmmmmmmmm, people veal

Yes, and easy to catch for a kitty not used to live food.

 

[LTC8K6]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/mountain-lions-sierra-madre.html

For reference on recognizing big cats chilling in your yard...

 

[Kestrel]

University of Colorado had a big cat on campus yesterday.

 

[catsmate]

University of Colorado had a big cat on campus yesterday.

Poor mountain lion, they should have adopted it, it would have been a motivation for students to attend lectures rather than loitering outside making the campus look untidy.

 

[Toke]

The Danish lynx have been caught, a dog had chased it up a tree and kept it there until police, owner and a vet showed up and sedated it with an arrow.

http://politiken.dk/indland/ECE1417155/hund-jagede-forsvundet-los-op-i-trae/

It is now back in it's cage and the owner have gotten a reprimand from the police for not having informed them of having it in the first place.
(I misread the first article, it is not a zoo animal but a privately owned "pet".)

 

[mummymonkey]

This report on monitoring Scottish Wild Cats might be of interest to some. Has a useful ID key for pure-bred/hybrid separation.

http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/479.pdf

 

[Soapy Sam]

Scottish Wildcats are near as elusive as Nessie. I've never seen either.

 

[TjW]

Surely no true Scottish wildcat could be caught by a simple device like a gamecam?

 

[LTC8K6]

The Danish lynx have been caught, a dog had chased it up a tree and kept it there until police, owner and a vet showed up and sedated it with an arrow.

I would think an arrow would sedate it permanently...

 

[The Don]

Welsh wild cat

 

[demonunderyourbed]

bbc. A big cat could be on the loose in Gloucestershire, experts fear

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/deer-carcass-sparks-big-cat-inquiry-152424817.html

 

[Carnivore]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/deer-carcass-sparks-big-cat-inquiry-152424817.html

That report describes Rick Minter as a "big cat expert" without telling us anything about his qualifications or background. A quick google search lists him as the author of a book of collected unsubstantiated big cat sighting anecdotes.

His book claims that DEFRA and the Armed Forces are mounting a massive conspiracy to cover up the existence of big cats in Britain. He is quoted in an article in the Sun:

The body of a fearsome puma-like animal is said to be hidden in a top security vault at an RAF base.

Hundreds of big cat sightings have been recorded over the years — from the Beast of Bodmin in Cornwall to the Surrey Puma. The Government's environment department Defra insists evidence is "unsubstantiated".

But Rick Minter, author of Big Cats: Facing Britain's Wild Predators, claims staff at RAF Fylingdales, North Yorks, saw the body of the "puma".

He likens it to the US government's alleged cover-up of an alien in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. He writes: "It is at RAF Fylingdales that we have Britain's Roswell moment on big cats.

 

[The Don]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/deer-carcass-sparks-big-cat-inquiry-152424817.html

Yeah, sorry about that, left the cat flap open one night last week, Tiddles and Snookums must have got out. I knew we shouldn't have been feeding them venison flavour Felix

 

[The Don]

Now we have big cat "expert" Frank Tunbridge providing further nonsense including:

No totally wild Jaguar has ever been filmed or photographed in the wild

 

[Hitch]

Now we have big cat "expert" Frank Tunbridge providing further nonsense including:

No totally wild Jaguar has ever been filmed or photographed in the wild

Does he go on to classify his "degrees of wildness?" I mean are we talking 99 44/100% wild?

 

[EHocking]

Now we have big cat "expert" Frank Tunbridge providing further nonsense including:

No totally wild Jaguar has ever been filmed or photographed in the wild.

... in the UK...

(at least one hopes that's what he meant).

 

[Information Analyst]

BBC News: 'Big cat' in Gloucestershire ruled out by DNA tests