Big Cat Conversations
Big Cat Conversations
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BCC EP:139 Suffolk born & bred – the people and the panthers
We hear from Paul, a retired woodsman from mid Suffolk. He has had three encounters with large cats, including one watching him through the bracken. He describes his own incidents and others he has heard. Paul explains his tree man...
BCC EP:138 Predators in charge – Midlands leopards in focus
Ian encountered two black leopards in a midlands wood at dusk, watching them rush through the dry reeds by a dyke.Ian discusses his close observation of the playful large cats, and mentions other snippets on similar big cats he has heard...
BCC EP:137 Puma Central – puma witnesses meet at Wildside
We return to Wildside Exotic Rescue in Herefordshire, where owner Lindsay Mckenna now cares for 11 pumas, a lynx, a serval and many other animals which were exotic captives needing new and better homes. Our 4 guests describe their o...
BCC EP:136 North West safari - Cheshire leopards & the Cumbrian cub grows up…
Our first guest Darren describes his investigations on local marshes in Cheshire, where he’s seen a black leopard, chased by his dog. This happened after his previous encounters with similar looking cats nearby, including on a disused golf cour...
BCC EP:135 Gaze of the cats - return visits to Glos & Herefordshire
Tracey had a prolonged and close view of a black panther outside her car at a forest edge in Gloucestershire in 2001. Two years later she was able to compare the cat with a black leopardess at Heythrop private zoo in the Cotswolds. ...