Irish News

Irish Big Cat News Stories

2003

'Ireland To Crack Down On The Keeping Of Exotic Pets. Sky News: December 2003.
'Big Cat' Alert After Sheep Found Dead, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 3rd December 2003.
Lion Tamer Convinced Picture Shows Ulster's Black Panther. Belfast Telegraph: 1st October 2003
New Wild Cat Alert / Bigger than a collie and moved like hunter, By Ashleigh Wallace. Belfast Telegraph: 30th September 2003.
Beast Captured On Camera Roaming Ulster Countryside.By Ashleigh Wallace. Belfast Telegraph: 30th September 2003
Gun Toting Killers Hunting Big Cats. Belfast Telegraph: 29th September 2003.
Farmers Still Fearful Over Big Cat Threat http://www.newsletter.co.uk/site_search/story/227: 26th September 2003
Big Cat Hunt Shows The Law Is An Ass http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/1232: 26th September 2003
The Story of "Operation Big Cat" is Unlikely to Have a Happy Ending. BBC News: 25th September 2003
Wild Beasts 'Were Freed Deliberately' / Operation Big Cat Fails To Uncover Puma And Panther, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 25th September 2003.
Two 'Wildcats' Roaming The North Antrim Coastline. BBC News: 25th September 2003.
NI Authorities Recover 16 Wild Cats. Press Association: 25th September 2003.
The Beast Does The Double http://www.newsletter.co.uk/site_search/story/227: 25th September 2003
Big Cat Concerns Continue BBC News: 24th September 2006
PSNI And USPCA Join Forces In Day-Long 'Big Cat' Hunt. Publication unknown: 24th September 2003.
Panther And Puma At Large. BBC News: 24th September 2003.
Trackers Close In On Beast Of Ballybogey. Annova: 24th September 2003.
Hunt For Big Cat Takes To The Air, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 24th September 2003.
Trackers Close in on Antrim Big Cat Yorkshire Today: 24th September 2003
North Antrim 'Big Cat' Spotted Again. The Ballymoney Times: 23rd September 2003.
All-Day Search Aiming To Finally Trap Killer Cat, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 22nd September 2003.
Big Cat Search Abandoned. BBC News: 4th September 2003.
Wolf In Big Cats Clothing. Belfast Telegraph: 2nd September 2003.
Big Cat Alert Continues As Pupils Return To School, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 1st September 2003.
Fear Is Gripping Community, By Gary Grattan. Belfast Telegraph: 30th August 2003.
Will Killer Cat Turn On Humans? By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 30th August 2003.
Parents Fear Big Cat Might Attack Kids Near School, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 29th August 2003.
Don't Turn Your Back On Big Cats. Belfast Telegraph: 29th August 2003.
Off-Duty Officers Stare Big Cat In Eye, By Kim Hewitt. iciNorthernireland.com: 29th August, 2003.
Claws For Concern! By Claire Smith. Ballymoney Times: 29th August 2003.
Panther Alert! By L.A. Henry. Ballymoney Times: 29th August 2003. (with picture).
Shoot To Kill! By Claire Smith. Ballymoney Times: 29th August 2003. (with picture).
Wild Cat: Fourth Carcass Is Found. Belfast Telegraph: 28th August 2003.
'Big cat' strikes Again In North Antrim. Publication unkown: 28th August 2003.
Wild Cat On Loose 'Is Puma'. BBC News: 28th August 2003.
People Keep Saying The Cat Won't Attack Humans - however you just dont know! Ballymoney Times: 28th August 2003.
New Fears There May Be A Puma AND... A Panther, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 27th August 2003.
Wild Cat: Puma Gives Police Slip Again. Irish Independant: 23rd August 2003.
Shepherd Fears for Safety of Children http://www.newsletter.co.uk/site_search/story/1243: 22nd August 2003
Wild Cat: 'Puma-Type Animals' Wild In The North By Gerry Moriarty. Irish Times: 22nd August 2003.
Remains Found In Big Cat Search. BBC News: 23rd August 2003.
Police Stalk Big Cat. Sky News: 22nd August 2003.
Panther' Escapes Police Marksmen. BBC News: 22nd August, 2003.
Furious farmers vow to kill puma on sight. / Call for sniper to track big cat, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 22nd August, 2003.
Big Cat Thought To Be Celtic Tiger. Publication unknown: 22nd August, 2003.
Big Cat 'Spotted By Police'. BBC News: 22nd August, 2003.
Fears Of Further Big Cat Attacks. BBC News: 21st August, 2003.
Release Of Wild Cats 'Deliberate'. BBC News: 19th August, 2003.
Big Cat May Have Gone To Ground, By Brian Campbell. Irish News: 13th August, 2003.
Black Puma Spotted Near Resorts, By Ted Oliver. Irish Times: 12th August, 2003.
Big Cat Thought To Be Puma. BBC News: 12th August, 2003.
Big Cat Spotted In Carrick Area, By Kim Kelly. Belfast Telegraph: 11th August, 2003.
'Wild Cat' Remains at Large Antrim News: 11th August 2003
Continuing The Search. Belfast Telegraph: 10th August 2003.
Search For Puma Continues. BBC News: 9th August, 2003.
Police Track Roaming Puma. Irish News: 9th August, 2003.