India
tiger tourism ban lifted
Wexas
Although tiger numbers have dwindled over recent decades,
around 1,700 tigers still live in India, more than half the world's total
population of this rare big cat. The ban was originally imposed in July
of this year in response to a complaint by ...
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 by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
Saturday, 20 October 2012
NEWSLINK: Indianapolis hoax
Mountain
lion sighting hoax leaves DNR officials growling
Indianapolis Star
Indiana conservation officers say they encountered the latter when a Shelby County man told them he had photographic evidence of one of the big cats, which biologists say haven't been confirmed in Indiana. But it turns out the picture was a fake — and ...
Indianapolis Star
Indiana conservation officers say they encountered the latter when a Shelby County man told them he had photographic evidence of one of the big cats, which biologists say haven't been confirmed in Indiana. But it turns out the picture was a fake — and ...
USA SIGHTING: California - big cat eats goat?
Dwarf
Goat Disappears From Novato Yard: Big Cat Suspected
Patch.com
A Novato family is grieving over the loss of a pygmy goat that appears to have been the prey of a large wild cat. "We are devastated by the loss of our baby goat, as is her twin," said Mary Stompe, who lives in the Atherton/Green Point area of the city ...
Patch.com
A Novato family is grieving over the loss of a pygmy goat that appears to have been the prey of a large wild cat. "We are devastated by the loss of our baby goat, as is her twin," said Mary Stompe, who lives in the Atherton/Green Point area of the city ...
Friday, 19 October 2012
NEWSLINK: More on US Ocelot conservation
Dodgers
MVP sues Eagle Ford Shale over ocelots
San Antonio Express
There are believed to be only 50 ocelots left living in the United States. The notice of intent to sue stated that “multiple big cat tracks” were located and photographed as recently as June, and Beckett observed ocelots on his property as recently as ...
San Antonio Express
There are believed to be only 50 ocelots left living in the United States. The notice of intent to sue stated that “multiple big cat tracks” were located and photographed as recently as June, and Beckett observed ocelots on his property as recently as ...
NEWSLINK: The Zanesville animal massacre revisited
The
madman's bestiary: The Zanesville animal massacre, one year later
New York Daily News (blog)
Thompson seems to have forgotten this: “Terry was often seen wrestling with his cats and bears and getting big kisses on the mouth from them.” It is not clear exactly what his intention was with the animals, or if he had one in the first place ...
New York Daily News (blog)
Thompson seems to have forgotten this: “Terry was often seen wrestling with his cats and bears and getting big kisses on the mouth from them.” It is not clear exactly what his intention was with the animals, or if he had one in the first place ...
NEWSLINK: More on lifting of tiger tourism ban
Indian
Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Tiger Tourism
Voice of America
Conservationists have welcomed the move, saying that tourists posed no threat to the big cat. Economic impact. Until a few days ago, Amit Sankhla, was wondering if he would have to shut down the tourist lodges he operates in two sprawling tiger ...
Voice of America
Conservationists have welcomed the move, saying that tourists posed no threat to the big cat. Economic impact. Until a few days ago, Amit Sankhla, was wondering if he would have to shut down the tourist lodges he operates in two sprawling tiger ...
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| Tigers
on the tourist trail again in India | The Times A threatened suspension of tourism in Indian tiger reserves risks leaving the big cats more vulnerable to poachers,. ... The big cat escaped from its enclosure at Cologne Zoo and fatally mauled the keeper before being shot dead by the. |
Thursday, 18 October 2012
SIGHTING: ANOTHER SIGHTING OF 'BLACK PANTHER' NEAR CARLISLE
Jeni Banks had driven along Eastern Way in Carlisle on her way back home to Wetheral hundreds of times and she had no reason to think this journey would be anything other than normal.
Then, in the gloom, she saw something moving, a creature of some kind, ambling across the road ahead of her.
To the left of the road were houses and beyond the pavement to the right was an area of woodland.
“It wasn’t quite dark, but it was gloomy enough for me to need my sidelights on,” explained Jeni, a 26-year-old businesswoman.
“I remember thinking to myself that it looked like a big black Labrador because of its size but as my car drew level with it I looked again.”
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