Report from Chris Smith
Extract from Lurking Menace of the UK's Big Cats
By Nick Otterside in the Aberdeen Press and Journal, July 7 th 1999
Are they overgrown pussycats, the figment of over-active imaginations, or something much closer to jungle reality? The mystery surrounding Scotland's big cats has grown to Nessie proportions. Now experts claim there may be 50 of them prowling our countryside
The history of big cats in Scotland can be traced back to the 1920s when three lynxes were killed in traps set at individual points in the Highlands. Alford vet May Crossling says she first saw a big cat 20 years ago while driving in the Montrose area. She believes the most likely explanation for continued sightings is that a number of "panther-like cats" were released from private collections and have successfully bred in the wild. It is a view shared by others.
July 7 th 1999
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