SIGHTING, UK: Mystery surrounds big cat sighting in Bonnyrigg

More sightings have been made of the mysterious large black cat which has been spotted roaming in and around Bonnyrigg in recent years. One user poster on the Bonnyrigg and Lasswade Residents Forum Facebook page revealing she saw the creature this month in Cockpen Woods sparked dozens of comments from other people claiming to have seen it. The forum’s administrator said: “People who mention it on the page are not the kind of people to make that up.

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SIGHTING, UK: Beast of Cumbria spotted? Creature 'three times larger than normal cat' caught on camera

Charlotte Dawson and her mum Bev were driving near Whitehaven when they were stunned by the sight of "big cat" across a field by the road.

The area is said to be home to the "Beast of Cumbria", reputedly a black panther that rips the heads off local sheep.

According to Charlotte, 31, the creature they saw was at least three times the size of her own cat, which itself is bigger than average.

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NEWSLINK: Big cat spotted in Antigonish County, some claim it's evidence of a cougar presence

The Lands and Forestry Department is going to have a wildlife biologist investigate after a trailcam in Antigonish County captured a picture of an animal some believe to be a cougar.

The picture was posted online at journalist Andrew Macdonald’s site TheMacdonaldNotebook.ca and shows a large cat in a wooded area.

Typically, a trailcam is a camouflaged camera mounted on a tree or other structure and can be triggered by motion in front of it to capture photos of animals in the field.

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SIGHTING, R.O.I: Crosshaven cougar: "It walked like a cat but was larger than a labrador"

A local woman in the Crosshaven/Fountainstown area has come forward to say she has also seen the large animal reported by other people in the area in recent days.

Aoife Fitzgerald, aged 40, told the Evening Echo she did not believe the rumours that have been circulating about a cougar or puma on the loose until she laid eyes on the big cat close to Hurleys Woods on her way home from work yesterday evening.

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ARTICLE: Are big cats really on the prowl in Dorset? This wildlife expert certainly thinks so...

Bournemouth-based wildlife expert Jonathan McGowan is certainly convinced that they are.

He has been studying sightings for most of his life and says he has amassed lots of 'evidence' over the past 30 years including big cat paw prints, faeces, fur samples and territorial tree markings.

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NEWSLINK: After lion, tiger dies in City zoo

The Nandankanan Zoological Park in the City once again hit the headlines for wrong reasons after the death of another big cat on Sunday.

Four days after an African lion died in Nandankanan due to hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE), a 10-year-old old tiger breathed his last in the zoo. 

Nandankanan authorities said the animal was undergoing treatment at the zoo hospital under the supervision of experts from College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, OUAT since the last six months.

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NEWSLINK: 64 teams formed to scan lions in Gir for any illness

Days after the death of 11 Asiatic lions, the state Forest Department on Sunday formed 64 teams to screen the entire population of the endangered species in Gir forest and other protected areas to identify any sick big cat and give them medical treatment. The samples of the dead carnivores have also been sent to Pune’s National Institute of Virology to ascertain if any virus caused the death.

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