Scottish Big Cats Links Page
We are attempting to add links to all useful and informative sites on non-native cats in the UK. If you know of a site which should be listed below, please let us know.
Chris Smith
Big Cats in Scotland
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Bigcats.org - Scottish Big Cats http://www.bigcats.org/ Scottish Big Cats is a collaborative effort between big cat researchers in Scotland which aims to provide as complete a database as possible on big cat sightings throughout the whole of the country. |
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Pumas and other Big Cats near Loch Ness http://www.lochnessinvestigation.org/Pumas.html Information about Felicity the puma who was captured at Cannich in 1980 and the Beast of Kiltarlity. |
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Scottish Wildcat Website http://www.scottishwildcats.co.uk/ This site is dedicated to the conservation and care of Scotland's only remaining native wild cat, the Scottish wildcat, Felis silvestris grampia. |
Big Cats in England and Wales
General Cat Sites
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The Beast of Bodmin Moor http://www.nhm.ac.uk/interactive/science-casebooks/bm/bm_05.htm These pages are from the Natural History Museum and are an interactive investigation of their research into a skull found on Bodmin Moor. Can you correctly identify it? |
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The Messy Beast Cat Resource Archive http://www.messybeast.com/catarchive.htm By Sarah Hartwell. This veritable encyclopaedia contains an emormous amount of information on cats including Big cat sightings in Britain, Hybrid big cats in the UK countryside, Wildcat feral hybdrids and Hybrid and mutant cats |
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The Cat Survival Trust http://www.catsurvivaltrust.org The Cat Survival Trust is a private but registered charity concerned with the conservation of endangered wild cat species and their natural habitat. They presently have 51 wild cats ranging from the small rusty spotted cat, Scottish wild cat and leopard cat to leopards, snow leopards and puma, and is one of the largest collections of wild cats in Britain. Highly recommended. |
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Big Cats in the UK http://www.ukbigcats.com/ By David Walker. This superb site discusses the sightings of big cats in the United Kingdom and is a 'must visit' for its superbly detailed maps of sightings. Includes sections on the origins of the UK big cats, prey and habitat of the cats, and an assessment of the risks of having big cats in the United Kingdom. |
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British Big Cat Society http://www.britishbigcats.org/ The BBCS is a organisation based in Devon and Cornwall which is interested in cats in all parts of the British Isles. |
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The Wilderness Cat Project http://www.wildernesscat.co.uk Craig Thomson is a well known and highly respected big cat researcher from Bristol whose main area of interest is Dartmoor and South Devon. Craig is developing a wireless trigger camera system specifically for photographing Cats, and follows up on sightings, potential livestock attacks and other such evidence. |
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Big Cats in the UK http://freespace.virgin.net/brian.goodwin/bigcats.htm By Brian Godwin. An interesting site which discussed a number of sightings and hoaxes. |
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The British Big Cat Mystery http://www.panther.org.uk/ By Mark Henson. Offers an introduction to the subject along with video footage, possible suspects, physical evidence, a bibliography, and much more. |
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Panther! http://www.mystery.ic24.net/html/panther_.html By Mark and Louise Jeffries. Investigation of the UK's black panther sightings. Does Britain have a species of Panther roaming its countryside? Highlights two cases investigated by Mystery Magazine. |
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Big Cats http://www.big-cats.co.uk By Ian Wickson, from Cambridgeshire. He is a Wildlife Photographer and used to be a commercial diver who did underwater filming |
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Big Cats in the UK? http://www.cryptozoo.fsnet.co.uk By Stephen Lee. Under development - will eventually house a database of sightings, information on the potential cats involved, and links to other sites of interest. |
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UK Big Cats http://www.ukbigcats.co.uk/ By Neil Meads. Another site which hopes to cover Big Cat Sightings throughout the UK |
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Big Cats http://www.bigwig.net/bigcat/ Another big cat site with good links. |
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Western Daily Press http://www.weirdwest.co.uk The Western Daily Press have got a rather nifty site. The big cat section has a moderately well sized archive of stories that stretches all the way back to 1997. |
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Ecovolunteers http://www.ecovolunteer.org.uk The Ecovolunteer Programme offers wildlife conservation projects worldwide by local conservation organisations, open for hands-on participation by students and holidaymakers. Among the projects they support are also a Snowleopard project in Kyrgystan and a Lynx project in Romania. . |
Essex
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The Essex Panther Research group http://www.essexpanther.tsx.org/ This group discusses the history of sightings of big cats in the County of Essex. Most sightings appear to be of black leopards or panthers, and a sandy brown cat thought to be a puma. Includes information on both previous and recent sighting, contact information for reporting a sighting, and links to related web sites. |
Gloucestershire
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The Beast of Gloucester http://www.deville.demon.co.uk/glosabc.htm Reports on big cats in the Gloucester area. |
Kent
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Kent Big Cat Research http://www.tudor34.freeserve.co.uk/KentBigCatResearch.htm By Neil Arnold. This site is the result of over 10 years of investigations into non-native cats in Kent by Neil Arnold. Highly recommended. |
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The Beast of Blue Bell Hill http://www.tudor34.freeserve.co.uk/beast_of_blue_bell_hill.htm By Neil Arnold. More investigations into non-native cats in Kent by Neil Arnold. Highly recommended. |
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Kent On Line Big Cat Research http://www.kentonline.co.uk/bigcatresearch/default.asp By Neil Arnold. Another site on Kent big cats from Kent on Line. |
Rutland & Leicestershire
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The Rutland and Leicestershire Panther Watch http://www.bigcats.org.uk/ This group is devoted to "researching and gathering the evidence to prove the existence of these magnificent predators thriving in the British countryside." |
Scarborough & Ryedale
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Pat's Alien Big Cats http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~pato/forteana/abc.html Pat's Alien Big Cats. Big cat sightings in the Scarborough & Ryedale area. |
Staffordshire
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The Cannock Chase Panther Mystery http://my.treeway.com/chasepanther/ An ongoing investigation into the possibility of a Big Cat or a family of Big Cats Living on Cannock Chase in Staffordshire. |
Non-native Big Cats sites worldwide
Australia
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Strange nation http://www.strangenation.com.au/ Strange nation is dedicated to unusual phenomena in Australia and has a number of reports of big cat sightings. |
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M.A.R.C.A. http://www.webace.com.au/~pwest/marca/ MARCA is the Mystery Animal Research Centre of Australia. It is run by Sharon West and includes a number of cat sightings. |
Native Big Cats sites worldwide
General Cat sites
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Cat Specialist Group http://lynx.uio.no/catfolk/ If you only ever bookmark one cat site, it should be this one. It provides species accounts from the book Wild cats: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, compiled and edited by Kristin Nowell and Peter Jackson (IUCN, 1996), newsletter Cat News, and other information about the group. |
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The Portal for Carnivore Ecology and Conservation http://www.carnivoreconservation.org/ An excellent site containing a wealth of information on big cats and other carnivores. |
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Wild About Cats http://www.wildaboutcats.org An excellent site concerning exotic feline conservation, education and rescue |
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Bigcats.com http://www.bigcats.com Covers all species of cats and has a useful links section |
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Cat Action Treasury http://www.felidae.org The Cat Action Treasury is an American-based non profit organisation which was established to promote and support wild cat research and conservation projects. |
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African-Arabian Wildlife Research Centre http://info.simplenet.com/AAWRC/ Run by Chris and Staurt Tilde. |
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Cats: Wild to Mild http://www.nhm.org/cats/ Cat site from the Los Angeles Natural History Museum |
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IUCN http://www.iucn.org The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, also known as the World Conservation Union. |
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Big Cat Links http://bigcatslinks.ath.cx/ A useful collection of links to big cat sites. |
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Mammal Species of the World http://www.nmnh.si.edu/msw/ The Mammal Species of the World taxonomy from the Smithsonian Institute. |
Tigers
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Tiger Information Centre http://www.5tigers.org The site is run by Minnesota Zoo and is dedicated the the five remaining subspecies of tiger. |
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Project Tiger, India http://www.nic.in/envfor/pt/ This is the official website of the tiger conservation programme in India |
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Help Save the Tiger http://chitwan.gis.umn.edu/tiger/tgindex.html This site provides information on research activities and distribution maps of tigers in Asia |
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Wildlife Conservation Society http://www.wci.org Information on Amur, Indo-Chinese and Sumatran tigers. |
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Tigris http://web.inter.nl.net/users/tiger/ Conservation of the Amur leopard and Amur tiger |
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Hornocker Wildlife Institute http://www.uidaho.edu/rsrch/hwi/ Information on Amur tigers. Also covers North American pumas |
Lions
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Kingdom of Lions http://www.home.worldonline.nl/~rlion/lkindex.htm This site is dedicated to the Lion, Panthera leo |
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Asiatic Lion Information Centre http://wkweb4.cablenet.co.uk/alic About the Asiatic Lion, which is now restricted to the Gir Forest in India |
Jaguars
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Jaguar Conservation Program http://www.savethejaguar.com This site is dedicated to the Jaguar, Panthera onca |
Cheetahs
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Cheetah Conservation Fund http://www.cheetah.org Dedicated to the cheetah, this organisation is based in Namibia. |
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AfriCat http://www.Africat.org This site covers leopards and cheetahs in Namibia. |
Snow Leopards
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International Snow Leopard Trust http://www.snowleopard.org Dedicated to the study of the Snow Leopard |
Pumas
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Florda Panther Society http://www.atlantic.net/~oldfla/pather/panther.html Reports on the Florida panther, a subspecies of puma of which only a handful of animals remain |
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Mountain Lion Foundation http://mountainlion.org/ Dedicated to the North American puma |
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Eastern Cougar Foundation http://www.easterncougar.org This is a non-profit, totally volunteer organization dedicated to scientific documentation of cougars in eastern North America and advocacy for their protection. |
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Proyeto Puma http://www.portadig.com.br/puma/ A Brasilian-based site reporting on puma predation on livestock |
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Panthers and Forests in South Florida: an Ecological Perspective http://www.consecol.org/vol6/iss1/art18/ Study of pumas using innovative telemetry mapping techniques |
Lynx
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World Lynx http://www.lynx.uio.no/jon/lynx/lynxhome.htm This sites has information of the Canadian, Eurasian and Iberian lynxes and the Bobcat |
Kokod
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Proyeto Guigna http://www.c3.lanl.gov/~jgs/guina/guina.html Reports on the kodkod or guigna of Chile |
Trigger Cameras
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Trailmaster Photo Site www.wtep.org Trailmaster cameras have been set up in several wildlife reserves, and results are put on to this site. No pumas, but some bobcats and various other mammals and birds. |
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Trailmaster http://www.trailmaster.com Trigger cameras - ideal for snapping ABCs, wildcats and other animals. |
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Woodswatcher http://www.woodswatcher.com Trigger cameras - ideal for snapping ABCs, wildcats and other animals. |
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Buckshot http://www.buckshot35.com Trigger cameras - ideal for snapping ABCs, wildcats and other animals. |
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Camtrakker http://www.camtrakker.com Trigger cameras - ideal for snapping ABCs, wildcats and other animals. |
Tracking Animals
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Animal Tracking http://www.ussartf.org/animal_tracking.htm Information on tracking animals. |
Cryptozoology and Fortean
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Cryptozoology http://www.cryptozoology.com/ This site has a great deal of cat discussion going on, and includes a number of reports of sightings. |
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Road Ghosts http://www.roadghosts.com A Kent site run by Sean Tudor on phantom-hitchhikers which includes research by Neil Arnold into non-native cats in Kent. |
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