Report from George Markie
Four sheep killed
From 'Eyewitness Accounts' in Cat Country, The Quest for the British Big Catby Di Francis, David and Charles, 1983
November 1980, Cannich, Inverness-shire. Following the capture of Felicity the puma....
And in November 1981, mysterious sheep deaths still continued. Over a ten day period a farmer from cannich found four of his sheep killed and eaten. The carcasses had not been worried by dogs and the manner in which they had been eaten was consistent with the style of a cat-like predator. One sheep hahd had its neck proken in the attack. A search of th area was made but nothing further was found.
November 1980
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