dogs-n-natives 1,181 Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Most big cats both run and walk with claws retracted, this is how they keep them sharp for catching prey, fighting, and climbing trees. Same as with small cats. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davyt63 1,839 Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 I have seen many a big Twats,lol oops! Sorry did you say cats ? Lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mur.22 0 Posted December 25, 2015 Report Share Posted December 25, 2015 I had a mate see one while fishing and I have never seen a lab leave such big paw prints in the mud but that was 25 year's ago... before camera phones. So I would say there is a small population of big cats living wild in this country. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VWman 232 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I love the urban myth of big cats, it's much more real than the Big Foot story. I think there have been large cats released into the wild over the years but it has already been said that the Farmers and keepers that cover all the UK land tidy there areas up some more than others. I have seen a bigger than normal cat but it was not an exotic/big cat just am extra big moggy but it got my attention as it was in the Lakes and it's the only time I have seen a cat stalking around a field half way up Coniston. It just looked strange to me because of it's size, it was black and was at that kind of distance that I could see it was a cat and not a lab. That was about 3 years ago. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigmac 97kt 13,730 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I love the urban myth of big cats, it's much more real than the Big Foot story. I think there have been large cats released into the wild over the years but it has already been said that the Farmers and keepers that cover all the UK land tidy there areas up some more than others. I have seen a bigger than normal cat but it was not an exotic/big cat just am extra big moggy but it got my attention as it was in the Lakes and it's the only time I have seen a cat stalking around a field half way up Coniston. It just looked strange to me because of it's size, it was black and was at that kind of distance that I could see it was a cat and not a lab. That was about 3 years ago. Its true its mark in his gillie suit He has been seen all over the country lol atvbmac :thumbs: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dawn B 212 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 There are no Big Cats roaming in England's countryside! Period! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithie 2,424 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I know a chap who was out up Studley pike about 4 years ago and recons he seen a big cat. probably just a fat lab from one of the farms Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,944 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 noticed some large cat like footprints in my woods since reading this. bit of a sore subject i guess. anyhow im not good on prints ive smoothed the wet mud over by where i seen them clearist for a picture. any other ideas? to help identify. could be a dog but im not so sure. there are no dogs in or near my land. a dog could have ran been there but its unlikey. also not fox as i could also see fox hare even mouse prints by. also i have noticed what i guess are hare burrows(saw one dash into one once) have been what looks like back filled in. not sure if connected to prints. Hare burrows?? Is it a badger your seeing tracks from? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,662 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 There was one loose a few miles from me last year,some guys Serval escaped from his garden in west molesey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Buster321c 1,010 Posted December 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Saw a very clear print 9 days ago , on a farm in Stafforshire 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
treecreeper 1,136 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 any pics or id buster, what we seen was somewhere in staffs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VWman 232 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 There are no Big Cats roaming in England's countryside! Period! Such is urban myth. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,183 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 When the exotic licence came in to force ,then yes I can imagine a few did pbut they would been dead long time now,I know they found mummified puma remains on a moor years ago and some escapees been hit by cars or shot etc,but the chances of there being mongrelised big cats descendants bred from the 60/70s is bit far fetched. I agree a lot of sightings are extra large feral cats or possibly pet cats look at size these Maine coon and Norwegian forest cats are being bred now,and people do let them outside now as well. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Durham John 693 Posted December 27, 2015 Report Share Posted December 27, 2015 When the exotic licence came in to force ,then yes I can imagine a few did pbut they would been dead long time now,I know they found mummified puma remains on a moor years ago and some escapees been hit by cars or shot etc,but the chances of there being mongrelised big cats descendants bred from the 60/70s is bit far fetched. I agree a lot of sightings are extra large feral cats or possibly pet cats look at size these Maine coon and Norwegian forest cats are being bred now,and people do let them outside now as well. just been googling them mate, didnt know the breed but by fluck they is a big "domestic" cat would what to come face to face with one of those in me garden lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dawn B 212 Posted December 28, 2015 Report Share Posted December 28, 2015 Some domestic breeds are large by nature. I have 3 British Shorthairs. This one is 19lbs at the minute. And he eats puppies!!! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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