Big Cat sightings on Cannock Chase

Jan 15 2009

panthers and other big cats are loose in the UK.

“It’s time the public, especially sceptics, realised that large exotic cats are nothing unusual in our countryside any more - and that the only mystery is that they’ve become a mystery,” he said.

Mr Arnold claims the cats have gradually been released over decades from private collections and travelling menageries resulting in today’s population.

But he played down the threat to humans from the beasts.

“These cats are not a threat to humans, as there is so much prey out there in the wilds, from rabbits to deer and from birds to livestock, but such animals must be taken seriously,” he said.