Ep 53: British Big Cats
Happy New Year! We are starting 2023 with cats! Who doesn’t love some cats? British Big Cats to be exact. Listen in as Amy tells Samm about the elusive big cat population in Britain and why they fall under the cryptid category. Where did they come from? Are they left over from the ice age? Escape from a zoo? Come find out on the 53rd episode of Legend!
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Helpful Visual for understanding the regions.
The European Wildcat
Felicity
The Jungle Cat
Paw Print found by Barnard Castle
The Panther found in Epping Forrest
The Savannah Cat in Cambridge
Sources:
https://www.britishbigcats.org/about.php British Big Cats Society
https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/11/big-cats-uk-what-species-are-there-and-where-have-they-been-spotted-15900227/ Big cats UK: What species are there and where have they been spotted?
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2019/apr/14/britains-big-cats-are-pumas-running-wild-or-is-it-our-imagination On the trail of Britain’s wild big cats
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/big-cats-in-uk-countryside/ Are there big cats in the British countryside?
https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/natural-sciences/meet-the-team/dr-andrew-kitchener/ Dr Andrew Kitchener
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/big-cats-reportedly-prowling-wild-25219527 All the big cats reportedly spotted prowling wild in the UK
https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mountain-lion-puma-cougar Mountain Lion (Puma, Cougar)
https://projectbritain.com/britain/greatbritain.htm Where and what is Great Britain?
https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/eurasia/european-wildcat/ European Wildcat
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1290409/big-cat-cambridge-spotted-park/ ROAMING FREE
‘Big cat’ spotted prowling park in Cambridge in sizzling heatwave
https://metro.co.uk/2013/12/12/big-cat-emerges-in-the-london-fog-black-panther-spotted-in-epping-forest-4228921/ Big cat emerges in the London fog: ‘Black panther’ spotted in Epping Forest
https://www.eppingforestguardian.co.uk/news/national-news/16995275.villages-alert-black-panther-reported-loose/ Villages on alert as black panther reported to be on the loose
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4505913.huge-paw-prints-may-latest-evidence-mythical-durham-puma/ Huge paw prints may be latest evidence of mythical Durham Puma
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/good-morning-britain-viewers-spot-123707498.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABREEFOdXAf7JGSBKubc0WSdVq0mPkcv8A_RClZetG_OZd5cyVJm3s9wYcHUn14bpWzdvfThAWEEQ3HwCgbkutLtVlbR-9tf7PpxvMnG8bpYSxe5TZY1TRs8_WaFmTILMPfStig61lZ6Gf8Y8QLtWjkXpfOmSt60l9qIkka1vJtq Good Morning Britain viewers spot possible big cat during Andi Peters segment
https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/asia/jungle-cat/ Jungle Cat
https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-puma-legend-reignited-deer-18477133 Surrey Puma legend reignited as deer carcass found stripped to the bone
https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/history-north-east-big-cat-12833025 A history of North East big cat sightings - and why 40 years of them could soon come to an end
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/five-times-beast-exmoor-spotted-1854988 Five times the Beast of Exmoor was spotted in Devon
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/yl8gdm/british_big_cats/ British Big Cats
