Boy, 9, Comes Face to Face With Escaped Cheetah in his Back Garden

A nine-year-old boy was lucky to be alive today after coming face-to-face with an escaped CHEETAH – in his back garden.
Terrified Toby Taylor was playing on his bike when he spotted the 6ft-long beast – the fastest animal on earth capable of hitting speeds of 70mph – standing just 15ft away.
He dropped his bike and [...]

New Wild Cat Species in Ecuador?

Thanks to Loren Coleman for passing this on
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/jorupe-cat
Posted by: Loren Coleman on October 28th, 2008.
New Wild Cat Species in Ecuador?

WORLD LAND TRUST
New Cat Species for Fundación Jocotoco? (Ecuador)
The photograph of the wild cat was taken by Aldo Sornoza of Fundación Jocotoco (FJ), who was helping with the construction of the new visitors’ lodge on the [...]

Hypertrichosis

I wonder if anyone knows of any UK cases of Hypertrichosis, the excessive growth of hair on the human body, see pic for example.

Trigger camera pictures taken in Leicestershire, Spring 2007

Trigger camera pictures taken in Leicestershire, Spring 2007
BCIB representative Anne, sent these pictures that caught a cat prowling. The first picture is dark, Anne has lightened up the second picture.

Anne said: “ It`s paw size was larger than normal but not huge as in lynx or leopard i have been tracking it for a while to [...]

2009 Big Cats in Britain Conference

 

The Witnesses Speak
20th – 22nd March 2009
The Marton Country Club and Hotel Middlesborough

The Gathering
This is the third BCIB conference, if you missed the first two,
make sure you do not miss this one!
 We want to see you there, if you have the slightest interest in the British Big Cats subject, then make the effort to come [...]

History Channel in Search of British Big Cats

On the moors of England over 200 livestock were torn apart between 1979 and 1983. Armed Marines patrolled the hills looking for the predator but no creature was found. With attacks continuing to this day eyewitnesses suggest that a strange “black beast” is still at large. New video evidence could hold the key to the [...]

Farmers Weekly – The Great Big Cat Hunt

 Farmers Weekly have an interesting big cat section which you can view on the link below. 
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Rumours abound that big cats prowl the British countryside. But are they really out there or the product of over-active imaginations? Tim Relf wraps up warm and waits for the fur to fly
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Tim’s account of a night hunting [...]

Kent Photograph

We were the sent the following photograph by a witness in Kent who saw the animal and thought it was a large, unusual exotic cat. The witnesses account is below:
28th September 2008: Kent / England
- anonymity required
Three witnesses
The Cat was black and Brown.
Pointed ears
The tail was quite long
Height around 18in high and maybe 26 inch [...]

New and old BCIB blog

Welcome to the new Big Cats in Britain blog format. Due to an excessive workload, Katy Jordan could not carry on with the blog, to visit the old one click here http://bcibnews.blogspot.com
Katy did a brilliant job, and it is hoped that some time  in the future she will return to moderate this one. In the [...]