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Big Cat Reports From Around the World

How To Save the World's Big Cats: An interview with biologist Luke Hunter


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The Evolution of House Cats


World Bank Debunks Tiger Farming Benefits

Reports of large unusual cats are not only confined to the British Isles and Ireland. Reports come in from all over the world. We will, for your information start adding reports on this page.
(Including oddities that turn up from time to time - and general news on cats & Cryptozoological critters!)

Tiger Spotting the Hard Way (movie clip)

Afghanistan

chupacabra

Chupabcabra Was a Hybrid KVue.com 6th February 2008
A Chupacabra in the Freezer KENS TV: July 2007
Even Scientific Tests Might not Quell 'Chupacabra' Mania Star - Telegram: 5th September 2007

Situation Worsens for Snow Leopards in Afghanistan Daily Telegraph: January 5th, 2003.

Africa

Elusive Golden Cat Caught on Film Earth News: October 2009
No Place Like Home | Africa’s big cats show postcode preference UK Wire: 8th October 2009
What Prowls our Urban Jungle? Pretoria News: 6th February 2009
Counting Samburu's Vanishing Lions. The East African: 20th September 2008
'Black Lions' Terrify Township News24.com South Africa: 9th May 2008
Bizarre' New Mammal Discovered BBC News: 1st February 2008
Scientists Find New Mammal in Tanzania UPI: 1st February 2008
South-African Leopards Follow the Scent of Chanel Carnivore Conservation: July 2007
Rabid Cheetah Bites BBC Presenter BBC News: March 2007
South Africa OKs New Lion Hunting Laws http://www.hemscott.com/news/latest-news - 20th February 2007
Local Scientist Finds New Big Cat Species Frederick News Post: 28th January 2007
Eastern Cape Leopard Tagged Cape Times: 12th December 2006
The Terror of the Coastlands Source and date unknown

Argentina

Miaowgli The Sun: 20th December 08

Australia

Including Thylacine reports

Droppings May Shed Light on Tigers Mystery The Sydney Morning Herald: February 26, 2009
No Scat of Hope for Tiger The Mercury: February 25, 2009
Man and Beast: (Tassie). New Yorker: 26th January 2009
(Q) WHICH cryptid has the most scientific evidence to support the probability of... The Canberra Times: 22nd February 2009
Our Mystery Cat is a Bit of a Dog The Gympie Times: 21st January 2009
Giant 'Paw' Print Headed for Museum Microscope Fraser Coast Chronicle: 17th January 2009
Bitten by Big Cat Mystery - Unexplained Animal Sightings Reignite the Belief Panthers and Leopards are Running Wild in Australia The Courier-Mail: 17th January 2009
Claws out over Big Cat Claims Fraser Coast Chronicle: 16th January 2009
Penn State Researchers Publish Tasmanian Tiger Sequence U-Wire: 16th January 2009
Cold Water Poured on 'Big Cat' Claims - Big cat believers say the creature is similar to the North American mountain lion. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News: 15th January 2009
Big Cat on the Prowl: Gympie 'Paws' on film The Gympie Times: 15th January 2009
Big Cat Discovery Casts Little Doubt The Courier-Mail: 14th January 2009
Extinct Tasmanian Tiger's Mitochondrial Genes Revealed Xinhua News Agency: 14th January 2009
Men Claim Evidence of 'Panther Like' Cat in Qld Bush - Non-believers say the mystery cats are most likely pet cats gone feral. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News: 14th January 2009
Big Cat Tale Giving us Paws for Thought The Gympie Times: 10th January 2009
Possible Big Cat Breeding Colony Hawkesbury Gazette: 7th January 2009
Trail of the Black Panther Leads to Kenthurst The Daily Telegraph: 27th December 2008
Marsupial Cat Sought by Researcher Source Unknown: 20th November 2008
More Big Cat Sightings South Gippsland Sentinel Times: 11th November 2008
Panther sighting at Foster in Victoria North Coast ABC Radio message board webpage: October 2008
Rotary Solves the Mystery Hills Shire Times: 30th September 2008
Tassie Tiger DNA Brought to Life ABC.NET: September 2008
Pumas Under Microssope 17th October 2007: http://ararat.yourguide.com.au/articles/517358.html?src=topstories
Big Cat Meets the Metro World Hills Shire Times: 23rd September 2008
Mystery Cat Stalking Sydney World Entertainment News Network: 23rd September 2008
Claws out as Rees talks of Cat Facts Hills Shire Times: 23rd September 2008
Fact or fiction? 22nd September: CFZ Australia
NSW: Panther investigation a waste of resources: O'Farrell Australian Associated Press General News: 20th September 2008
Premier Hunts Big Cat Manly Daily: 20th September 2008
Rees Prefers Myth to Reality Daily Telegraph: 20th September 2008
NSW: Something's out there, Rees Suspects Australian Associated Press General News: 19th September 2008
Panther Appears in Question Time Northern News.com.au: 10th June 2008
Tassie tiger or fox? Swipe its barcode and just end the argument http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2008/02/international_b.html 19th February 2008
Australian Maraylya Panther Hawkesbury Gazette: 13th February 2008
The Mystery of Big Cat Sightings The Courier: 12th February 2008
Reality or Fiction? Beast Puzzles Big Cat on the Prowl The Echo: 31st January 2008
John's a Big Cat Believer The Echo: 31st January 2008
Big Cat Sighting in Otways 1st January 2008 Geelong Advertiser
Another Big Cat Sighting Geelong Advertiser: 19th September 2007
WA - Locals Tell of Big Cat Sightings ABC Rural: 18th September 2007
Big cat fear: Mystery predator kills foal Geelong Advertiser: 15th September 2007
Big Cat Sighting reported to BCIB Via Katy Jordan
Cape’s Mystery Cat Could be a Panther The Cairns Weekend Post: 11/8/07
Search for Big Cat Continues Geelong Advertiser: 17th July 2007
Mysterious Tasmanian Tiger May Not Be Extinct http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287908,00.html July 2007
Big cat mystery http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology - 4th March 2007
Australia's new feral mega-cats Tenterfield News: 13th March 2007
Remains of Creature May be Buried at Chicken Farm McArthur Chronicle: 29th January 2007
Strange Encounters of the Panther Kind McArthur Chronicle: 29th January 2007
No Sign, But Something is Out There McArthur Chronicle: 29th January 2007
Gippsland Big Cat - World Record! Where Light Meets Dark: November 2006
Giant Feral Cats to Scare on Screen Sydney Morning Herald: 21st May 2006
Sceptics Pummel Preying Puma Possibility Friday, December 13, 2002. Posted: 15:03:20 (AEDT).
'Killer Cats' On The Loose, From The Australian: December 12, 2002
Beast Of Buderim On The Prowl. Sunday Mail: 9th July 1995
The Beast of Buderim From the Sunshine Coast: 30th April 1995
Reported to BCIB - 1991 - Manly, Sydney, Australia BCIB report form
Big Cats Terrorise Farmers Daily News: 12th July 1990
MPs to Debate Cat Mystery Source unknown: 12th November 1972
Mystery Animals Terrorise Farms Sunday Times: 12th November 1972

Belgium

Many sightings in France, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg... Myriam Trausch
‘For a Price I can get you ANY Animal’ By Daniel Foggo and Hala Jaber Sunday Times: 22nd July 2007

Bhutan

Mystery Cat Identified in Bhutan Kuensel Newspaper: 11th June 2008 2007

Borneo

World's First Video of the Elusive and Endangered Bay Cat mongabay.com: 5th November 2009
Brunei: 'Bornean Leopard' Victim of hit and run in Tutong. Borneo Bulletin: 29th April 2008
Conservationists claim to have found a new species of big cat. But this is just the latest case of species inflation The Economist: 17th March 2007
New Species of Leopard With Largest Fangs in Cat World Discovered Publication unknown: 15th March 2007

Britain

No, Hilary Benn – a lynx is not just for conference The Sunday Times : 4th October 2009
Simon Barnes: bring back the cat The Times: 26th September 2009
Supercats that may still be too wild for a family home Daily Telegraph: 19th September 2009
Big animals to go from Cricket St Thomas Chard and Minster News: 18th September 2009
Tropiquaria Faces Uncertain Future This is the Westcountry: 11th June 2009
Blackpool Zoo Lions Born Publication Unknown: 18th May 2009
Neil's Wild Time as a Special Constable Melton Times: 14th May 2009
Lions and Tigers kept as Pets in Danger of Mistreatment, Claims RSPCA The Telegraph: 6th May 2009
The lion who lived in our flat: The incredible story of the flatmates who raised a cub The Mail Online: 20th April 2009
Super-sized Lions Roamed UK in Ice Age The Telegraph: 30th March 2009
Family Tree of UK’s ‘Super-Sized Lions’ Revealed 30th March: Oxford University Press
Wildlife Daily Mirror: 16th February 2009
Wildly Ambitious The Guardian: 28th January 2009
North Farmers Fear Eurasian Lynx Effect Sunday Sun: 4th January 2009
Third of Britain's Mammals 'at Risk' The Observer: 28th December 2008
'Too conservative' Scotland Urged to Speed up Return of Missing Lynx Publication Unknown: September 2008
Threat lifted over enclosure for lynx family at Birmingham Nature Centre Birmingham Mail: 29th July 2008
Wild Animals Can Be Kept As Pets Without Being Checked Under Changed Laws Mail On Line: 3rd June 2008
Heads You Loose Sunday Life: 11th May 2008
Crowds Turn out to Spot Cheetahs Express and Star: February 2008
Lost Era's Animals go Under the Hammer EDP24: 9th February 2008
Aspinall is Caught in Big Cat Fight Daily Mail: 6th February 2008
Cats Brought into the Country The Sun: 25th January 2008
Big Cat Enthusiast ‘Will be Missed’ Publication Unknown: 23rd January 2008
Puma Walked into a Pub Evening Chronicle, Newcastle: 16th January 2008
Wildcats May Terrorise the Woods Again with Breed-to-release Project The Times: 14th January 2008
Drink to the Elusive Big Cat With Snow Leopard Vodka January 2008: http://www.hippyshopper.com/2008/01/drink_to_the_el.html

Brazil

A Game of Cat and Mouse Geographical Magazine: 1st November 2008

Cambodia

Rare Leopard Pictured with Young in Cambodia AFP: 3rd May 2007

Canada

Mum Fights Off Cougar Clawing Young Girl Sky News: 17th June 2009
Lion is whale of a cat Grand Forks Herald: 25th January 2009
Little Can be Done to Keep Coyotes Away, Expert Says Ottawa Citizen: 23rd January 2009
Where are the Wild Things? The Toronto Star: 4th October 2008
Hit Cougar Turns out to be Coyote The Hamilton Spectator: 19th March 2008
Hamilton's Cougar Myth Lives on, Sort of . . . Waterloo Region Record: 19th March 2008
Cougar Reported hit in Hamilton not a Cougar after all, but a Coyote The Canadian Press: 19th March 2008
Deer Legs and Cougar Tracks Brantford Expositor 29/4/08
Alberta's Elusive Lion in Winter; Growing numbers of secretive cougars walk among us from Canmore to Cypress Hills The Edmonton Journal: 23rd March 2008
‘Came out of Nowhere’: Big Cat Attacks Man, killed Dog Brantford Expositor, Ontario: February 2008
Wildcat Saunters into Whistlers Village Shop CBC News Canada: 11/1/08
Black Panther - Canada North Bay Nugget, Ontario: 7th August 2007

China

Fossilised Cheetah Skull Suggests Fleet Feline Evolved in Asia The Guardian: 30th December 2008
Farmer Seen as a Scapegoat in Photo Scandal South China Morning Post: 3rd October 2008
Tiger Tale Puts Farmer in Jail Tasmanian Country: 3rd October 2008
Paper Tiger used in Fraud Hawke's Bay Today: 29th September 2008
Fake Tiger Lensman gets Jail Sentence China Daily: 28th September 2008
Animal Parks Selling Illegal Tiger Bone Wine Rogue River Press: June 2008
China Vows to Punish TV Reporter for Directing Fake Tiger Footage Xinhua News Agency: 25th March 2008
Rare China Tiger Seen in the Wild BBC News: October 2007
Chinese Mountain Cat National Geographic: 30th August 2007
Double-Trouble: Tiger gives birth to twin cubs - one yellow and one white Daily Mail: 2nd August 2007
Stuff the Tiger– Long Live Extinction http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/jeremy_clarkson/article1908938.ece: June 2007
Toy Leopard Sparks Panics Ananova: 24th April 2007
Tiger Pictured Mating Lioness BBC News: 10th October 2006
South China tiger feared annihilated Source and exact date unkown: March 2007

Ethiopia

UK diplomats fear Addis leopard BBC News: 10th October 2006

France

Many sightings in France, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg... Myriam Trausch
Return of Wolves Worries Farmers The Telegraph: 29th January 2009
Wolf Spotting Shows Return to Central France Agence France Presse: 27th January 2009
Panther Strikes Daily Star on Sunday: 25th November 2007
French Town Fears Stray Tiger Roaming Gardens http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/07/20/1984409.htm : 20th July 2007
Tiger Feared on the Loose in France http://uk.reuters.com: 19th July 2007
White Lion’s Born in a French Zoo. Jurques, France (AFP): 23rd May 2007
Mysterious Big Cat Sighted in France Speigel Online: 15th August 2006
Big Cat Hunt ABC News Online: 14th August 2006

Germany

Time for our close-up: The Astonishing Blue-eyed Gaze of the Twin Panther Cubs Daily Mail: 10th June 2009
Wild Boar Storms Frankfurt Church The Spiegel: November 20008

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South American Monster Hunt CFZ Press Release: For Immediate Release: 2007-10-24

India

To be Spotted Again: India Wants to Bring back the Cheetah The Independent: 9th July 2009
Mysterious Animal Attacks Reported In Ballia, India Publication Unknown: 21st April 2009
Tiger-centric Conservation Pushing others to the Brink? The Hindu: 21st February 2009
Indian Villagers up in Arms after Tiger Eats 5 People Xinhua News Agency: 19th February 2009
Hunt for Elusive Leopard still on The Times of India: 17th February 2009
Tiger Catch: Dept wants it dead, minister wants it alive DNA - Daily News & Analysis: 26th January 2009
Rusty-Spotted Cat Sighted in Indroda Park The Times of India: 23rd January 2009
Rusty Spotted Cat found in Karad DNA - Daily News & Analysis: 19th January 2009
Leopard on the Prowl Again DNA - Daily News & Analysis: 19th January 2009
Man-Animal Row: Study holds vital clues DNA - Daily News & Analysis: 16th February 2009
Hunt for elusive leopard still on The Times of India: 16th February 2009
Stray Tiger Continues to Ellude Uttar Pradesh Officials Indo-Asian News Service: 5th February 2009
Man-eating Leopard on the Prowl in Uttar Pradesh Indo-Asian News Service: 30th April 2008
Team Awaits Ammo to get the Beast Hindustan Times: 28th April 2008
Tiger Claims Another Life Near Nag bid DNA - Daily News & Analysis: 26th March 2008
Man Killed by Tiger in Forest DNA - Daily News & Analysis: 25th March 2008
Encounters in the wild The Hindu: 14th October 2007
India Uses "Mooing" Ringtones to Catch Leopards Reuters: 4th June 2007
Luring Leopard With Rooster and Mobile The Times of India: 29th May 2007
Big, Black Cat Causes Conservation Flutter The Telegraph, Calcutta: 30th April 2007
Tiger Mauls Man at Zoo Feeding Time http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au: 10th February 2007
Villagers Chase, Kill Two Rare Leopards in India Reuters: 18th January 2007
Leopard Dies From People Attack BBC News: 18th January 2007
Escaped Leopard Mauls Man in Street Daily Mail: 18th January 2007
Leopard Creates Bathroom Mayhem BBC News: 8th January 2007

Indonesia

WWF photographs three-legged Sumatran tiger that may have survived capture - escape from snare WWF: 5th July 2007

Iran

Iran, Russia Hope to Revive Extinct Big Cats http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115634§ionid=3510212 8th January 2009

Ireland

Reptile Zoo Seeks Law on Exotic Pets Irish Times.com: 10th October 2009

Israel

A Leopard in the Bedroom Reuters: 29th May 2007
Israeli Rescues Cat From Leopard Who Stole Into His Home dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur: 29th May 2007
Man Wrestles Leopard Hunting Pet Cat in Bedroom Reuters: 29th May 2007

Italy

Big Cat Hunt in Southern Italy ANSA - English Media Service: 4th November 2008
Big Cat Loose in Italy Source Unknown: October 2008
Panther Panic Strikes Again ANSA (Italy): 6th April 2006

Japan

As a Japanese Island Grows Less Remote, a Wildcat Grows More Endangered New York Times: 5th February 2008
First Tsushima Cat Sighted in South Since 1984 Carnivore Conservation: May 2007

Malaysia

World's First Video of the Elusive and Endangered Bay Cat mongabay.com: 5th November 2009
Malaysian Mystery Leopards By Fiona Sunquist National Wildlife Magazine: Dec/Jan 2007

New Zealand

High Country Trap to be Set for Mystery Black Panther Sunday Star Times: 13th December 2009
Seeking the Truth to Mystery Creature Claims http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/features/238090/Hunting-mythical-creatures - 26th April 2009
Alleged Big Cat Reported in Lindis Pass, New Zealand Otago Daily Times: 15th April 2009
Fears of Lions on the Loose http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10487576: January 19, 2008
Student Claims Mystery Black Cat Exists http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=110740: 17th January 2007
Second Big Cat 'Sighted' in Canterbury The Press: 9th January 2007
Students on the Trail of the Black Cat Ashburton Guartdian: 8th January 2007
Plan to Catch 'Panther' on Film http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3892495a11,00.html: 8th December 2006
Possible Sighting of Canty Mystery Cat http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411365/821630: 2nd September 2006
Pawprint Deepens Black Cat Mystery Ashburton Guardian: 16th August 2006

Philippines

Sigbin March 2008

Russia

Iran, Russia Hope to Revive Extinct Big Cats http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115634§ionid=3510212 8th January 2009
Rare Leopard Stolen in Russian car-jacking The Guardian: 29th April 2009
Rare Leopards Captured by Camera in East Siberia Targeted News Service: 26th April 2008
Rarest Big Cat Caught in Camera Trap National Geographic: 7th May 2008
Nearly Extinct Leopard is Examined UPI: 16th November 2006
Ballooning With a Tiger: American Aeronauts Left the Beast to Ride by Himself The New York Times: 7th December 1913

Spain

Many sightings in France, Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg... Myriam Trausch
The Lynx Effect The Independent: 13th February 2009
New Iberian Lynx? National Geographic: 27th October 2007
New Lynx Population Discovered in Spain Webwire: 24th October 2007
Mijas Police Hunt Large Black Panther Thinkspain: 26th September 2007
Domestic Rabbits on Menu for Endangered Lynx The Telegraph: 11th March 2007
Pet Cats and Rabbits Come to the Rescue of Endangered Iberian Lynx March 2007
Bubbly Threat to Spain's Rare Lynxes The Independant: 16th March 2007

Sri Lanka

Black Tigress Found in Sri Lanka? Daily Mirror Friday: March 06, 2009

Sumatra

Rare Insight into Tiger Behaviour Caught on Camera by WWF wwf.org.uk 7th January 2009
Killer Tigers on Prowl `to Save their Space' The Advertiser: 28th February 2009
Sumatran Tiger Almost Extinct in West Sumatra LKBN Antara: 17th January 2009
Sumatran Tigers Being Sold into Extinction WWF: 13th February 2008
Critically Endangered Species Found in soon-to-be- destroyed Sumatran Forest http://www.wildlifeextra.com/sumatra-forests937.html 3rd November 2007

USA

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'Demon Cat' Carcass Found In Arizona The Morning Star: 31st December 2009
Mountain Lion Captured On Oklahoma Trail Cam newsok December 2009
Remote Camera Snaps Cougar in Dunn County - Picture adds to Evidence that Species is Returning. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 24th December 2009
Reports of Bengal Tiger Roaming Brazoria County, Texas khou chron 20th December 2009
Slow Down for Panthers at Dusk and Beyond US Fed News: 19th December 2009
Reports of Tiger have a County on alert No evidence yet, but Officials are Looking into Animal Sightings. Houston Chronicle: 19th December 2009
Panther Hit by Car Killed in W. Broward Death Thought to be the First of its Kind un the County's History South Florida Sun-Sentinel: 19th December 2009
Cougar Tracks found in Western Wisconsin; If confirmed, were they left by same animal sighted in northern suburbs? St. Paul Pioneer Press: 18th December 2009
Hunter Kills Cougar in Iowa; sighting is rare Omaha World-Herald: 16th December 2009
Mountain Lion Shot near Marengo US Fed News: 16th December 2009
Cattle Mutilations Still Mystify Ranchers, Police Theories Range from Cults and UFOs to Natural Predators Los Angeles Times: 15th December 2009
Mountain Lion Spotted Twice in Shasta Lake Record Searchlight: 14th December 2009
Cougars Spotted in Twins Cities Aberdeen American News (SD): 14th December 2009
"I Bet there is Something out there." Colorad Cow Mutilations Denver Post: 10th December 2009
A Resident Reports Big Cat Sightings UPI NewsTrack: 9th December 2009
Colorado cow mutilations baffle ranchers, cops, UFO believer Denver Post: 9th December 2009
Big Cat Sighting Denver Post: 9th December 2009
Resident Reports Big Cat Sightings Naples Daily News: 8th December 2009
Cattle Mutilations Stump Ranchers Naples Daily News: 8th December 2009
Plank Road Panther(s) one year later:; He (or is it they?) has never gone away. But he's just as mucha mystery Courier News: 23rd November 2009
Big Cat Sighting and Investigation in Winslow, Maine Big Cats in Britain: 21st November 2009
Wildlife and Parks Confirms Sighting of Mountain Lion in Kansas Wichita Eagle (KS): 20 October 2009
Fairview Students Restricted due to Possible Mountain Lion Sighting Daily Camera: 30th September 2009
Panther Color Confounds Expert News-Press: 22nd August 2009
Bear, black lion - impossible? Not necessarily The San Francisco Chronicle: 9th August 2009
Panthers? Tracker hired to solve 'large cat' mystery The Journal News (White Plains, NY): 29th July 2009
Black Cat Killed near Neosho Last Month was a Leopard The Joplin Globe: 21st June 2009
Disgusting! Federal Whistleblower Fired For Reporting Illegal Mountain Lion Hunting Publication Unknown: 13th June 2009
PANTHER(S)! Suburban Legends New Yorker: 8th June 2009
Big Cat Reported Roaming North Georgia Publication Unknown: 17th May 2009
Photo: Cougar Spotted in South-east Virginia Gainesville Times: 13th June 2009
Cattle Maulings / Reports Suggest a Cougar Roaming Central Massachusetts Publication Unknown: 10th May 2009
Big Cat Reported in North Iredell County, NC Phantoms & Monsters: 6th May 2009
Run or Freeze Scientific American: 14th April 2009
Re-Population of Mountain Lions in Illinois Alex Misttretta of Big Cats in Britain: 18th March 2009
Big Cat Sightings Spread Throughout Rockland County, NY http://lohud.com/article/20090418/NEWS03/904180358/-1/SPORTS - 18th April 2009
Reported Cougar Sightings Near School Cancels Recess Associated Press Newswires: 25th February 2009
Motorist Reports Seeing Tiger near Roadway Orlando Sentinel: 24th February 2009
Wolf Sighting Raises Questions about Oregon Return of Animal Killed off in 1940s Associated Press Newswires: 22nd February 2009
Man finds African wildcat in Uptown backyard Metro New Orleans News: 18th February 2009
Remains of Prehistoric Cat Found McClatchy-Tribune Regional News: 17th February 2009
Cinco Ranch Community Keeps Eye Out for Bobcats - Drought may be forcing felines to areas that are close to homes Houston Chronicle: 9th February 2009
Wolf in Dog’s Clothing? Stanford Study Reveals Twist in Fur Color Evolution Business Wire: 6th February 2009
Big S.I. of Relief as Bobcat is Caught New York Daily News: 5th February 2009
Bobcat Sighting States News Service: 5th February 2009
Cops Recount how they Shot Down Raging Tiger The San Francisco Chronicle: 4th February 2009
Biologists Solve Mystery of Black Wolves New Hampshire Union Leader: 3rd February 2009
Park Visitor Reports Cougar Statesman Journal: 28th January 2009
Hunting for Deer, Boys Find Lion ; What to do in an encounter Omaha World-Herald: 25th January 2009
Mountain Lion Story Leads to Furor after Death of Horse Charleston Gazette: 12th January 2009
More Lion Sightings; trouble north Boulder; Officers haze big cat; out of neighborhood Daily Camera: 7th January 2009
Mountain Lion Shot Dead near Kernville Man's House The Bakersfield Californian (MCT): 6th January 2009
Like Ghosts, Elusive Cougars Inspire Legendary Sightings, Stories Asheville Citizen-Times: 24th December 2008
Did You See That Bi-Bi-Big Cat? The Arkansas Democrat Gazette: 2nd December 2008
The Demon Cat of the Capital Dusty Rainbolt Member of Cat Writers' Association & International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants: 15th November 2008
'Troublesome House Cat' Was a Lion Publication Unknown: November 2008
Escapee Servals Killed in Kansas & Pennsylvania Cryptomundo: November 2008
Long Island Mountain Lion Source: Newsday.com8 November 2008
Cheetah Gets Loose in Plane Cargo Hold The Age.com: 2nd November 2008
Deer Hunters Say They Found Two Cougars Feasting on Their Kill Star Tribune: November 2008
The Lair of the Beasts: Saber-Tooth Terror Nick Redfern: 1st November 2008
Mountain Lion Enters House Source & Date Unknown
Cougar Tracked, Put Down After Killing House Cats Trading Market News: October 2008
Mountain Lions Photographed in Louisiana Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries website: 23rd October 2008
Mountain Lion Seen Running Across San Mateo Street: California Mercury News: October 2008
Man reports sighting, photo of cougar in Ravenna Township The Muskegon Chronicle October 03, 2008
A Bothersome 'Kitty Cat’ in Wyoming turns out to be Mountain Lion The Fort Worth Star-Telegram: 2nd October 2008
Called to Shoo off Kitty Cat, Officer instead finds a Lion The Virginian-Pilot & The Ledger-Star: 2nd October 2008
Town Tries to Prove 'Ghost Cats' Focus Cougars -- Experts Peg Sightings in East as Errors, 'Mania' The Commercial Appeal: 21st September 2008
Warden Says Rumors of Trapped Cat Not True Great Falls Tribune: 20th September 2008
Blackstone Tries to Prove Existence of ‘Ghost Cats'. Daily Press: 20th September 2008
New York Mills Family Shocked by Decapitated Goat Associated Press Newswires: 19th September 2008
Urban Pumas http://snovalleystar.com/2008/05/21/cougars-on-the-prowl-in-the-valley :July 2008
DNA Tests Say Car Attack Culprit Wasn't Lizard Man WIS10: 15th June 2008
Mountain Lion Kills New Mexico Man Dallas News: 24th June 2008
Cat killed in Missouri identified as leopard Associated Press: 22ND June 2008
Big Cat Blamed In Man's Death Las Cruces Sun News: 21st June 2008
Coyotes Lurk in Shadows of Northwest Ohio: They Pose Threat to Small Pets but not Humans, Officials Say McClatchy-Tribune Regional News: 27th April 2008
Mountain Lion Not Sighted, For Now The Oakland Tribune: 27th April 2008
Lion Sightings in Hayward Hills The Oakland Tribune: 26th April 2008
Big Cat Shot Dead in Chicago BBC News: April 2008
That Cat's A Cougar, But it Didn't Die in Iowa The Des Moines Register: 23rd April 2008
Is Paw Print Cougar's? Photos 'Inconclusive' Chicago Tribune: 23rd April 2008
Mountain Lion Workshops Coming in May US Fed News: 21st April 2008
Cougar Slaying is no Surprise The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal: 19th April 2008
Cougar Sighting Leaves Questions Green Bay Press-Gazette: 13th March 2008
"Lizard Man" Returns? WIS TV: 29th February 2008
USA Tales of Big Cats More Myth Than Reality The Clanton Advertiser: February 2008
US Abandons Jaguar Recovery Plan http://www.iar.org.uk/globalnews/articles/2008/01/us_abandons_jaguar_recovery_plan_262.html: 18th January 2009
Tiger Escapes S.F. Zoo Cage and Kills 26th December 2007: Associated Press
80-Year-old Woman Fights Lion to Protect Her Dog Owen Williams, Jan 09 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy
Local Hunter Cited For Big Game Violation ©Madison Daily Leader: December 2007
Mountain Lion Ruins Hot Tub Session Source Unknown: 10th December 2007
New Law Will Address Issues Raised by Bengal Tiger in Chickasaw County Orlando Sentinel: 8th December 2007
Possible Puma Attack on Florida Toddler Contact Karen Heinselman at (319) 291-1581 or karen.heinselman@wcfcourier.com.
Pet Lion Get's Loose, Chases Cars on Ohio Highway Houston Chronicle: 21st November 2007
Big Cat Caught on Tape - (animal turns out to be a bobcat) KCTV5.com: November 5th 2007
Floodwood Man Captures Image of Elusive Mountain Lion By Ed Stoddard Woodbury Bulletin: 27 October 2007
Cougar Attack Reported near Bellfountain Park By Ed Stoddard Gazette Times: October 2007
Dead Ocelot Bad News for Falling U.S. Population By Ed Stoddard Reuters: 12th July 2007
Mini-leopard Cat Comes With $22,000 Price Tag Reuters: 1st June 2007
Big Cat Caught, Killed in Mountain Ranch Union Democrat: 27th April 2007
Report of Big Cat Prompts Search in Franklin Sentinel Jersey: 24th April 2007
Federal Government Attack on Big Cats-New Bill Attempts to Outlaw Touching a Tiger or Lion Cub. http://www.fastpitchnetworking.com/pressrelease.cfm?PRID=9005 : 24th April 2007
Big Cat Concern in McCloud Publication unknown: 18th April 2007
Bobcat Surprises Homeowner In Canyon Country NBC: April 2007
Will cameras catch the mythical cat - do mountain lions live in Virginia? http://www.redorbit.com: February 2007
Survivor of Big Cat Attack Goes Home Monterey Herald: 14th February 2007
Lynx on the Rise, Breeding with Bobcats in N.B. CBC News: 5th February 2007
Fortuna woman beats wildcat in head with log until it lets go of husband's head The Press Democrat California: 26th January 2007
Mountain Lion Likely a Cat Minot Daily News: 1st January 2007
Mystery Black Felid Photo: Identified. Cryptomundo: January 2007
‘Like Horns of a Devil’ Sun Journal USA Lewiston, Maine : 17th August 2006
Mystery Beast Killed in USA http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208683,00.html: 16th August 2006
Cougar with a black head. www.savethecougar.org: 25th June 2006