| Big Cat Sightings in 1981 |
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| Date |
Location |
Description |
Activity |
Report |
| Exact date unknown |
Edinburgh area |
Reports of big cat |
Received by Edinburgh Zoo |
 |
| 16 th March |
Dochfour Estate, Inverness-shire |
Roe deer carcass found "savaged" |
Prints found which might be puma |
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| 15 th May |
Fort Augustus, Lochaber |
Puma |
Seen by motorist. |
|
| 25 th July |
Ardersier, Inverness-shire |
Tan-coloured, larger than Alsation, short legs, large paws, thick tail. "puma". |
Seen by male motorist, beside dead rabbit. Crossed road. |
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| 26 th July |
Ardersier, Inverness-shire |
Large yellow-brown lioness-like animal, larger than Labrador, long thick tail. |
Seen by female motorist feeding on dead rabbit. |
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| 30 th August |
Between Dores and Inverfarigaig, Inverness-shire |
Two grey cats, with white on chests. 3 ft at the head, long curved tail. |
Seen by police driver at 30 yds. Ran off towards water's edge. |
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| November |
Cannich, Inverness-shire |
|
Sheep predation |
Mick Orsi |
| November |
Loch Carron, Ross-shire |
'Dog with a cat's face' |
Seen by two schoolgirls |
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| 16 th December |
South Clunes, Inverness-shire |
Cat |
|
Mick Orsi |
| 24 th December |
Nairn to Inverness road, Nairn-shire |
Tan to light brown, larger than Labrador, long thick tail. |
Seen by by motorist, crossing road |
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