It is a touchy subject but after 50 years research and field work -it's just wildlife
I think that it is quite clear that British "big cat" groups are hobby clubs. I have been looking at and studying exotics in the UK since 1976 when I was a die hard sceptic when it came to reports. I ended up advising farming groups and other institutions and in 1977 started advising UK police forces on exotics.
What are the aims of UK groups? To prove "big cats" are here in the UK -we proved that by the 1990s and even had DNA evidence. Fighting the cover up is, of course, another reason. Only DEFRA is covering things up and we have the proof of that and we also know cats (amongst others) are killed on UK roads but bodies are not collected to cover up. In fact any dead animal is left where it is unless it is a danger to motorists.
Photographs and video clips of very obvious domestic cats being cited as "big cat footage" does not help.
I explain why a certain thing is fake and am asked immediately to reveal everything I have learnt in 50 years. I have explained that guides to what we know and the evidence we have are listed in my book Wild Menagerie Britain's New Native Species and the usual "Oh, I'll buy a copy of that!" follows. I even kept the book at a low cost until later this month so that they could take advantage of the opportunity. Two weeks later not a copy purchased -which is what I suspected would be the case.
Is it what I wear? In fifty years, many ion cold and wet places, I never once felt the need to wear full black tactical gear, sunglasses or a baseball cap with snazzy logo!
Maybe that is where I went wrong??
The book is still available at its low offer price until the 20th September . Learn the facts not friction.
96 Pages
For decades there have been reports of “Big Cats” roaming the British countryside killing sheep and deer. Are all of the observers from naturalists,zoologists, zoo personnel, police and others all mistaken?
Terry Hooper-Scharf set up the Exotic Animals Register (EAR) in 1977 to disprove the claims before become a UK police forces exotic wildlife consultant and member of the Partnership Against Wildlife crime (PAWS). What he found out was almost unbelievable but with the gathered evidence including DNA results and bone analysis it seemed that there were exotic cats in the UK and that some had been here at least going back to the early 19th century.
The presented evidence saw the Department of Environment Farming and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) force him off the PAWS scheme despite police protests.
Now read fact and not sensationalist press or fringe claims.
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