Thursday 31 December 2020

UK! GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Top mystery cat sightings of 2020

 Top witness accounts of big cat sightings in 2020

Aside from everything related to coronavirus, there have been many accounts of big cats spotted and the unusual accounts reported on Gloucestershire ...



Tuesday 29 December 2020

WALES: 'Pontybodkin Puma' just 150 metres from the first

 

Big cats are well suited to the Welsh climate and terrain and as it was important to keep them away from humans, big cat owners from across large areas ...



Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 28/12/2020)

 




The "soft" release of the big cat took place in Motichur - in the western part of Rajaji - at 5:30am on Thursday. Soon, it will be released into the wild after ...

Sanjay Gandhi National Park's Christmas present: A male tiger
The male big cat, RT-1, began its journey to Mumbai from Nagpur on Thursday afternoon and will become the seventh captive tiger at SGNP

The big cat which has been radio collared to monitor her movements was transported to the Rajaji reserve on Thursday (Photo | Special arrangement).

Gujarat: Leopard kills teenage girl
The victim, Aartiben Makwana, was attacked by the big cat at a farm when she was washing clothes on Thursday evening, said Dushyant Vasavada, ...
A tigress, which was caught in a noose laid to capture wild boars, was rescued in Balele near Gonikoppa, on Wednesday. The big cat was rescued by ...
The 'Status of Leopards in India, 2018' report says the big cat's numbers have risen sharply to 12,852 from 7,910 in the previous census, but not all ...
Panic had gripped villagers in Ghoghamba taluka of Panchmahal district as a big cat had attacked six persons including two children who had died.
Panic had gripped villagers in Ghoghamba taluka of Panchmahal district as a big cat had attacked six persons including two children who had died.
News of the big cat's capture came at three in the morning when ... cat's capture proved that the kampung was facing a real threat from the wild animal.
A big cat killed another tribal boy Sidam Vignesh (22) when he was fishing in a stream at Digida village in Dahegaon mandal of the district on .
Very lucky to spot the big cat. All my previous visits, I could only ... I hope I will get to see a tiger in the wild shortly. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
The increase in big cat numbers over the past decade and a half indicates their resilience and ability to bounce back if provided secure environs.
The forest department is now trying to locate the big cat and tranquilize it to ensure the wire trap is removed and its wounds are treated. A forest patrol ...
Three men rescue pet dog from leopard
... leopards and during the winter months when cane cutting begins, the big cat tends to move away from the cane fields and closer to human habitats, ...

Though the rise in the big cat's population is a reason for celebration from ... mostly on the deer species, leopards feed on dogs, cattle, wild boar, etc.
Forest minister Vijay Shah in a recent interview had said that death rate of the tigers was lesser than the birth rate of big cats in last few years. “Saying ...

9-yr-old leopard found dead, no foul play suspected
The corpse of the big cat was first spotted by locals who then informed the forest department. Later, the forest officials sent the body for autopsy.

Tiger fitted with radio collar in Sunderbans
While earlier data from radio-collared big cats was used to decode home range and territory in the Sunderbans, foresters want to ascertain their ...

Rising spots: India's leopard population
Among the members of the big cat family, the leopard is the most gifted when it comes to adapting to seemingly challenging milieu. At a time when ...



UK, CAMBRIDGESHIRE: Fen tiger sightings in 2020


When the 'Fen Tiger' was spotted in Cambridge this year
"It was one of the biggest cats I've seen, but I can't say it was a big cat." He said he doubted it's the infamous Fen Tiger "unless that Fen Tiger is 60-years- ...



UK, NORTH WALES: A roundup of sightings

 These are the big cat sightings reported in North Wales in 2020

CORWEN: A video captured by Dee Forbes shows a "very large black cat with an unusual swagger" moving from left to right near the railway line.



USA/Canada/Mexico Newsdump (w/e 28/12/2020)

 


Mountain lion captured in home's backyard near Santa Ana
The area where the big cat was spotted Saturday included North Tustin, a community east of Santa Ana bordered by the 55 Freeway and 261 Toll ...
Big Kitty”. In the video, the big cat walks from the sidewalk to the front porch. It stops and stares momentarily when it hears a dog barking from inside ...

Most Florida panthers found dead in 2020 were killed by cars
Scientists have documented infections of the coronavirus in large cats. "We don't want to be the ones responsible for transmitting (a disease) to panthers, ...



Zoo Newsdump (w/e 28/12/2020)

 

Siberian tiger dies soon after Japanese zoo borrows him for breeding
The Tokushima zoo says it will soon set up a flower stand for those offering prayers for the deceased big cat. A Siberian tiger named Hiroshi, ... 

Formerly known as the Big Cat Safety Act, the bill was passed in the House of ... Big cats like lions and tigers don't belong in apartments, backyards, ...
The Detroit Zoo's littlest big cat was under the constant care of DZS staff for the ... Lions are the only big cats who live in social groups that include adult ...



UK, FLINTSHIRE: Historical encounters

 Man remembers encounter with big cat in Connah's Quay

BIG cats may have been roaming the Flintshire countryside for years. There have been numerous if sporadic reports of large cat-like creatures in areas ...



UK, NORTH WALES: Video of a mysterious black creature

 

She said: "I spotted a very large black cat with an unusual swagger whilst sitting in my vehicle. I got out to walk closer, trying to be quiet so as not to ...



Saturday 26 December 2020

UK, GLOUCESTERSHIRE: Big cat in Stroud Valley

 Big cat spotted prowling in Stroud valley

Seeing it so close confirms what he had ridiculed his wife for years before, as she had claimed to have seen a big cat inthe same area over 20 years ...



Tuesday 22 December 2020

Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 21/12/2020)

 

The big cat was shot as foresters opened fire in “self-defence” after it sneaked into the backyard of Rangapani cancer hospital, on Siliguri's outskirts.
Very lucky to spot the big cat. All my previous ... Great moment captured. — JRMohan ... I hope I will get to see a tiger in the wild shortly. I am keeping ...
The team, which received information of the trapped big cat, rushed to the spot and rescued it through chemical immobilisation. The five-year-old male ...
Drones were used to trace the big cat and four elephants were deployed to comb the park and the jungles. Six camera traps were also set up. Sachin ...
Of the eight tigers believed to be inhabiting KTC, the forest department has not been able to pinpoint which big cat has turned into a man-eater.
... us after Pasula Nirmala's death (on Nov 29) that they will capture the big cat. ... If I don't pick up cotton in time, I will end up in huge debt,” he said.
The highest number of wild cat deaths was recorded in Nashik with 70 leopard deaths, followed by 27 in Pune and 26 in Kolhapur districts respectively ...
A few months ago the big cat was spotted at the Biligiri Ranganathaswamy temple (BRT) tiger reserve. Black leopards are often spotted in Kabini or ...
Also Read - Another Big Cat Spotted! Panic in Dehradun After Leopard Enters Jollygrant Airport, Efforts Underway to Rescue it. A shooter authorised ...
Finally, on Friday, Dr. Dhavalsinh Mohite Patil fired three rounds on the wild cat from a close distance of 15 ft. and successfully managed to hit his ...
'Maya Devi is undergoing treatment at the district hospital. She was attacked by the big cat outside her home. She has received over 20 stitches,' he ...
A nature reserve in India could soon be the only location in the world to host wild populations of four major big cat species – tiger, lion, leopard and ...
The place where the big cat was found dead was around 20 kms from Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve near Gajri village in the district, they said.
The breeding of captive and wild big cats is thought to be a world-first, ... Howard Quigley, Jaguar Program director for Panthera, a global wild cat ...
A big cat reportedly killed a cow while motorists were moving on a stretch near Gollaghat village in Bheempur mandal on Wednesday. Sources said that ...
Brahmapuri, despite not being a protected wildlife area, has 53 tigers and is the biggest man-big cat conflict hotspot in the state. “Since Brahmapuri is ...
The big cat was the heart of the zoo and saved many dull evenings with its growling and angry pacing. The feline was in the zoo hospital for the past ...
She was attacked by the big cat outside her home. She has received over 20 stitches," he said. (Disclaimer: This story has not been edited by www.
While the foresters are still trying to ascertain if it is the same wild cat or different ... It has also installed trap cameras there to photograph the big cat.
But the big cat managed to injure range officer Sanjay Dutta and two others when the teams were trying to tranquillise it. “The forest staff killed the ...
According to forest department sources, the big cat may have strayed into the hospital area from Gangarampur tea garden. Yadav said the animal took ...
Asked about the possibilities of T1C2 getting into a fight with another big cat, Kakodkar said, “It's possible that there could be a violent clash. But we ...
The 19-year-old big cat had been ailing for quite some time and had stopped taking her food. She had been moved to the zoo hospital after her condition ...
The accused duo consumed meat of the big cat after removing its skin, nails and jaw, he said. The accused live in the hills near Morbe dam in Panvel, ...
The animal has already killed 12 people, and the forest department has been unable to trace or capture the big cat so far. As a result, the area, ...
"On Wednesday morning again, we received a call stating that the wild ... The big cat was taken for treatment at SGNP, as providing medical aid on the ...
This comes after field staff reported movement of big cats in new areas in the sanctuary, including tiger cubs. Based on information by ground-level ...
After some villagers spotted the movement of the big cat and it's pugmark on fields and attacked livestock, the department had set up a cage. The adult ...
Villagers informed forest officials of the big cat's sighting late in the ... It is learnt that sighting of big cats at that spot is common, especially post-sunset.
The DFO has asked farmers not to stay in their fields at night-time due to moving of the big cat in the district. Appaiah maintained that it is difficult to ...