gnipper 5,945 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 I think this one could be the one that made my grandad need to change his pants but there was a couple of different ones locally. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,216 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 There use to be a lion that guarded a scrap yard in Barnsley Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 3,752 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 I doubt anyone can actually answer this.. but it would be interesting to know how many "big cats" are actually already here in the UK legally and legitimately.. ie... in zoos and private collections. I know for a fact.. as in I've seen them.. there's Leppard and Lynx all within a stones throw of just where I am in the East mids. Plus animals that don't even belong on this continent.. Polar bears.. African Wild dogs.. Giraffes.. Tigers Lions..etc. These cats have been over here for decades. Is there a census or register anyone?? Be interesting to know.. Link to post Share on other sites
gnipper 5,945 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 23 minutes ago, Bush Rummager said: I doubt anyone can actually answer this.. but it would be interesting to know how many "big cats" are actually already here in the UK legally and legitimately.. ie... in zoos and private collections. I know for a fact.. as in I've seen them.. there's Leppard and Lynx all within a stones throw of just where I am in the East mids. Plus animals that don't even belong on this continent.. Polar bears.. African Wild dogs.. Giraffes.. Tigers Lions..etc. These cats have been over here for decades. Is there a census or register anyone?? Be interesting to know.. There will be a list of people who have been given a DWA licence by the relevant councils. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
BEARINATOR 2,825 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, gnipper said: There will be a list of people who have been given a DWA licence by the relevant councils. It shows you on each council’s website 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh_red 4,306 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Bush Rummager said: I doubt anyone can actually answer this.. but it would be interesting to know how many "big cats" are actually already here in the UK legally and legitimately.. ie... in zoos and private collections. I know for a fact.. as in I've seen them.. there's Leppard and Lynx all within a stones throw of just where I am in the East mids. Plus animals that don't even belong on this continent.. Polar bears.. African Wild dogs.. Giraffes.. Tigers Lions..etc. These cats have been over here for decades. Is there a census or register anyone?? Be interesting to know.. Polar bears? Link to post Share on other sites
Bush Rummager 3,752 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 34 minutes ago, Welsh_red said: Polar bears? Yes mate.. South Yorkshire zoo just up the road Link to post Share on other sites
foxdropper 17,092 Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Every zoo has a register and has to apply for different categories of animals if they wish to increase the numbers . Large cats are category 1 as well as anteaters and hippos . Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, keepdiggin said: There use to be a lion that guarded a scrap yard in Barnsley Not quite true. Dennis Higgs had a lion aand a scrap yard, but the lion was never used to guard it. His office had two GSDs on chains running off long lines either side of the drive. I had to go there to serve a summons on him. I had a dog either side that got closer and closer as we got to the middle of the path. At one point I could feel their breath on my neck. The lion was kept in a secure shed on a trailer down the yard. When we were kids he used to take it to fairs and charge threepence to go into the trailer and view it. Edited October 30, 2022 by Nicepix 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,753 Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Up to 1000 big cats in the UK, how does he arrive at that number? Big cat hunter probing Doncaster sightings says he has proof beasts are on the loose | Doncaster Free Press WWW.DONCASTERFREEPRESS.CO.UK An expert probing big cat sightings of beasts prowling fields in and around Doncaster... Link to post Share on other sites
BEARINATOR 2,825 Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 For those that missed it 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Deker 3,453 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 21 hours ago, BEARINATOR said: For those that missed it I watched for some reason. It was definitely designed to be pro their existence, without any concrete evidence, a similar show could easily have been presented disproving their existence simply with different editing. As I have said numerous times, I fully accept that years back some were deliberately released and no doubt a few escaped, but as regards breeding populations, or even survivors now, the odds must be incredibly low! 5 Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,216 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, FairLaw said: From my perspective the idea of thousands of big cats flourishing in our countryside is a romantic one without any good evidence to make a convincing case. You would get on with giswald 7 Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 6 hours ago, FairLaw said: From my perspective the idea of thousands of big cats flourishing in our countryside is a romantic one without any good evidence to make a convincing case. Yes, you have made that plain under all your previous identities. I take it you have now swapped the akita for a couple of terriers that you intend to replace with a lurcher to "fill the freezer". 1 Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,216 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Nicepix said: Yes, you have made that plain under all your previous identities. I take it you have now swapped the akita for a couple of terriers that you intend to replace with a lurcher to "fill the freezer". The Akita guards his “kennels” which holds imaginary terriers and an invisible saluki 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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