FALLOUT FROM MAX AND DARREN'S PAPER

'Big cat' Canadian lynx was on the loose in UK in 1903 BBC News A "big cat" was on the loose in the English countryside at the turn of the last century, scientists say. They believe a Canadian lynx was prowling around the fields of the South West in 1903 before being shot after attacking two dogs in Devon. Tests on ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

British big cat theory gets bump from lynx link Los Angeles Times The discovery probably will cause fanatics of the British Big Cat Theory to smile like a Cheshire Cat. They've been trying to convince skeptics that people who've reported seeing a large black panther and any number of smaller feral felids are not crazy. See all stories on this topic »

Beast proves big cat did roam Britain – but it's the stuff of legend now The Independent The findings, published in the journal Historical Biology, challenge another key myth surrounding the British big cat phenomenon. It has been claimed that the animals were all released after the introduction of the 1976 Wild Animals Act which outlawed ... See all stories on this topic » The Independent

Museum find proves exotic 'big cat' prowled British countryside a century ago Science Codex The rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum's underground storeroom proves that a non-native 'big cat' prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century. The animal's skeleton and mounted skin was analysed by a multi-disciplinary team ... See all stories on this topic »

Is this the original beast of Bodmin? LYNX that stalked the South West a ... Daily Mail A big cat prowled the Devon countryside more than a century ago, rediscovered remains from a museum's vaults have shown. Scientists identified the creature as a Canadian lynx, a predator more than twice the size of a domestic cat. Records show that the ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

From the 'Beast of Bodmin' to the 'Essex Lion', five other 'big cats' spotted ... Yahoo! News UK Rex Features/Rex - Experts say the 'big cat' spotted in the early 1900s was likelly to have been a Canadian lynx, similar to this one. (Rex). Article: Canadian Lynx: Big Cat Prowled UK Countryside. Sky News - 50 minutes ago. One of Britain's first ever ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! News UK

Devon 'big cat' on the loose in 1903 CBBC Newsround Dr Ross Barnett, who helped analyse the big cat's remains said: "I've seen one of these cats in the wild." "They are pretty impressive cats - they are a reasonable size, and they have lots of fluffy fur which makes them look even bigger. They have ... See all stories on this topic » CBBC Newsround

Lynx once roamed Devon countryside Irish Independent It is the first proven case of an exotic big cat being at large in Britain. "This Edwardian feral lynx provides concrete evidence that although rare, exotic felids (cats) have occasionally been part of British fauna for more than a century," said lead ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

An exotic cat that prowled the British countryside a century ago was a non ... LiveScience.com The public has had a long-standing fascination with controversial reports of non-native feline species, erroneously dubbed "British big cats." Whereas these reports have little traction with zoological authorities, the occasional captured animal or ... See all stories on this topic »

A lynx, shot dead in England in c. 1903 Scientific American (blog) As revealed in a new paper published by Aberystwyth* University's Max Blake and a team of colleagues (myself, Greger Larson, Charlotte King, Geoff Nowell, Manabu Sakamoto and Ross Barnett), the specimen represents a historic 'British big cat', though ... See all stories on this topic »

'Big cat' was on loose in UK in 1903 - BBC News: Science & Nature ... A "big cat", identified as a Canadian lynx, was on the loose in the English countryside at the turn of the last century, scientists say. esciencenews.com/sources/bbc.../big.cat.was.loose.uk.1903