UK SIGHTING: Big cat in North Yorkshire?

These pictures were taken at Low Marishes near Malton. It appears to show a big cat in the field. 

They were taken by Highways gritter driver Michael Armitage. He's sent the pictures to North Yorkshire Police too and says he now believes there is something the rumours of Big Cats on the prowl because he's seen it for himself now.

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NEWSLINK: ‘Tiger Temple’ to Give Up Big Cats, Activist Says

Wildlife officials will remove 50 tigers from the infamous Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi province tomorrow, according to animal rights activists, who have long accused the facility of being complicit in trafficking the very animals it claims to protect.

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NEWSLINK: Simi the tiger arrives at IoW Zoo

After a difficult 2015 having lost three of its big cats, Sandown’s Isle of Wight Zoo is looking to the year ahead with optimism after it welcomed Simi the tiger.


Rescued from a travelling circus, Simi arrived at the zoo on Sunday following several months of bureaucratic challenges.


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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Longleat Tigers Enjoy Snowmen!

Heads are going to roll- snowmen heads, that is. No real heads were harmed in this snow day adventure in which four silly tigers became tiny kittens when they encountered their first ever snowmen.

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NEWSLINK: Unwanted perfume or aftershave? Give it to the tigers, lions and other big cats at The Wildlife Heritage Foundation

Did you know leopard's love Intimately Beckham, but the African lion's don't call it their favourite?


Some of the most seductive and sweetest scents linger around the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Smarden near Ashford and that's because the animals appreciate perfumes and aftershaves.


The sanctuary is appealing for unwanted bottles of fragrance to liven up the animal's enclosures.

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ARTICLE: The zoo where humans are caged

Tourists and predators have switched places at a zoo in China, where visitors are paying to be locked in a cage and stalked by big cats and bears.


Lehe Ledu Wildlife Zoo in Chongqing city is giving people the chance to get up close with some of the world's most ferocious animals - who they can even feed by hand.

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ARTICLE: Salvage the pride of the Maasai Mara

How many mornings have I woken up at first light to the roaring of lions – the most thrilling sound in Africa? Then the sun comes up, a blood-red bubble on the eastern horizon, throwing long shadows across the savannah as herds of elephants emerge from the forest and a new day begins in the land of the Marsh Lions.

Paradise it was when I first saw the Maasai Mara and paradise it remains, but its very future is now in doubt since eight of its famous Marsh Pride were poisoned in December, leaving the reserve’s reputation as Kenya’s premier tourist destination in tatters.

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