BCC EP:04 Big cats from the Cotswolds to Corbetts India
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Gloucestershire\\u2019s Frank Tunbridge recounts his own close-up encounter with a big cat in the Cotswolds \\u2013 he watched it snatch some rabbit bait at dusk and it later crept behind and gave him a warning growl. Frank then discusses the stealth of cats like leopards and pumas and refers to the writings of Jim Corbett who tracked leopards and tigers in India last century.\\xa0
We hear highlights from some of the witness reports Frank receives, and the questions these beg\\u2026 Are the big cats here sometimes targeting domestic cats? And are some of the panthers seen in Britain assumed to be black leopards but possibly something else\\u2026?\\xa0
Word of the week: Digitigrade
1 September 2019
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