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Felicity the puma, who was captured at Cannich near Inverness by Ted Noble in 1980. She can still be seen at the Inverness Museum & Art Gallery.

1. Video of Carse Wood Cat (nr Ardersier, Nairnshire) July 2003
   A promising video, which proved to be of a domestic-sized cat, possibly a Kellas Cat

2. Patna Images October 1997
   Inconclusive

Big Cats

1. Felicity the Puma October 1980
   The puma who was captured near Inverness in 1980

2. Leopard Cats
   At least four Leopard cats have been shot in the UK, two of them in the Scottish Borders

3. The Durham Puma Co. Durham, England, August 1992
   A brownish cat phtographed carrying a rabbit

4. Laggan Photograph January 1995
   Cat seen but not captured on film

5. Caracal or Lynx February 1996
   A large cat, identified as a caracal, was shot by the RUC in Fintona (Northern Ireland)

6. Beast of North East Fife November 1997
   A large black cat was captured on video at the Secret Bunker in Fife

7. Exotic Kent felid 1998
   This photo was taken by Harry Matthew in Kent in 1998

8. Kia the Leopard January 2001
   Kia the Leopard was reported as escaped.

9. Aberdeen Photos March 2001
   A large domestic cat

10. Boddam Cat April 2002
    The carcass of a large cat was found near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Most likely a large domestic/feral cat.

11. Cambridge Cat October 2002
    An unusually marked cat seen walking about the streets of Cambridge. A Bengal - possibly a snow lynx Bengal or a seal point lynx Bengal.

12. Mourne Mountains Leopard July 2003
    A photo, which appears to show a black leopard in a field was taken close to Slieve Bearnaigh in the Mourne Mountains, Ulster.

Possible attacks on humans

Please note that some of the injuries inflicted, especially the dog-inflicted wounds, may be distressing

1. Cat bites and scratches
   Examples of genuine domestic cat bites and scratches

2. Bobcat bites and scratches
   Examples of bobcat wounds inflicted on human and canine victims

3. Dog bites
   Dog-inflicted injuries for comparison (Pictures of wounds may cause distress)

4. Sally Dyke attack December 1993
   Possible big cat attack, opinion divided

5. Josh Hopkins attack August 2000
   Injuries inconsistent with a cat attack, possible hoax

6. Doris Moore attack January 2002
   Injuries consistent with an animal attack, species unidentified

7. Man scratched by lynx in Kent February 2002
   Injuries inconsistent with claw wounds

Animal Attacks

1. Attack on Bianca Near Swansea, late August 1988
   One of the clearest examples in the UK of a puma attack on a horse

2. Drumnadrochit sheep kill 1990s
   The Jury is out

3. Strichen Carcass June 1995
   Possible big cat kill

4. Edinburgh Sheep Carcass August 1995
   Inconclusive

5. Boblainy Sheep Kill July 2000
   Possible big cat kill

6. Texel Ram attack Mid Devon August 2000
   Possible badger or big cat attack?

7. Cupar Roe Deer Kill June 2001
   Best evidence yet of a possible big cat kill in this country

8. West Wales Sheep Kill 2001
   Not work of a dog. Teeth marks suggested work of two animals.

9. Aberdeenshire Roe Deer Carcass February 2002
   The Jury is out

10. Black Isle sheep kill October 2002
    The Jury is out

Big Cat Tracks

1. Bevin Dubhchraig print February 1994
   Possibly a dog

2. Elgin Print February 1995
   Domestic cat, wildcat or Kellas cat?

3. Nunraw Abbey Pug July 1997
   Probably a puma cast

4. Clatto Pug September1998
   Possibly a puma

5. Cupar Pug Marks June 2001
   Pug marks of the cat which killed the Cupar Roe Deer deer?

6. Prints seen after sighting on Black Isle September 2001
   Possibly a dog

7. Prints seen in the Easains October 2001
   Possibly a fox or small dog

8. Prints seen near Loch Ness 25 th December 2001
   The jury is out

9. Big cat or pussy cat? February 2002
   Probably a domestic cat

10. Fife big cat? April 2002
    Possibly a puma?

11. Boblainy paw prints April 2002
    Probably a dog?

Skulls and other evidence

1. Eriska claw mid 1980s
   Claw appears to be from a felid, but there uncertainty as to whether it was from a free-living animal or a mounted specimen

2. Loch Ness Skull February 1995
   Most likely the skull of an ordinary domestic cat or wildcat.

3. Fowey Skull Bodmin Moor, July 1995
   A leopard skull, probably from a leopard skin rug.

Scratching Posts

1. Bobcat scratching post March 2002
   Our mascat, Exmoor gives a practical demonstration

2. Gouged trees in Moray January 2001
   Although these marks now look like gouges, apparently they were much more like scratch marks a year before the photos were taken.

Areas where Big Cats have been sighted

1. Broughty Ferry Esplande March 1995
   An area where many big cat sightings have occurred

2. Dean Castle, East Ayrshire February 1994
   Near Kilmarnock. Big cat sighted here

3. Monymusk Park, Dundee May 1995
   Dundee. Big cat sighted here.

4. Livingston, West Lothian January 1997
   Big cat crossed raod here.

5. Montrose, Angus February 1998
   Police called in after big cat sighting.

6. Ethiebeaton, Angus July 2001
   Sighting here with several other nearby

7. Bennachie, Aberdeenshire
   Many sightings in this area over the years

8. Near Cupar, Fife 4 th June 2002
   Sighting here by member of Scottish Big Cats

9. Near Balmullo, Fife 20 th June 2002
   Sighting here by member of Scottish Big Cats