BIG CAT NEWS: Slow day

The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column inches than any other cryptozoological subject.

There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived in some way by us, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.

It takes a long time to do, and is a fairly tedious task, so I am not promising that they will be done each day, but I will do them as regularly as I can. JD

University launches survey into sightings of 'big cats'
Evesham Journal
RECENT excitement over “big cat” sightings has prompted a university to carry out a survey. Since the mutilated carcasses of roe deer and three wallabies were found on farmland near Stroud, Gloucestershire, speculation that big cats have made a home in ...

There are actually only two stories today. The one above reprises the tale of the survey being carried out by the Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) based at the University of Gloucestershire. The second story cannot really be accused of being up to date because it is covering a story that happened in 1750. It's not about a big cat either, but I thought it was sweet, and I am the editor so I am ruddy well posting it.

The Pet Museum: "monumental" mystery cat?

By curator

Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, Britain, was until recently the estate of the Anson family, the Earls of Lichfield. It's now held by the National Trust. But back in the day around 1750, one of the Ansons had a cat he liked so much that he built a ...