BCC EP:114 Wye Valley pumas – the rescued & the wild

In this Summer edition we discuss pumas encountered in the wild
on the England & Wales border in the Wye Valley, but we also
visit a special sanctuary for re-homed exotic pets, also in the
Wye Valley area. 


Our first guest Grant, explains how he and friends were advanced
on by a puma when they were out lamping foxes one night. Grant
describes the intense eye shine and what happened as the cat got
closer…


Our second guest Lindsay has experience with large cats from
South Africa. Now she runs Wildside Exotic Rescue, where pumas,
lynx and a serval are amongst the rescued animals cared for. She
explains the challenges of looking after the cats and the other
animals, and she reflects on the consequences of people owning
and needing to give up their exotic pets. The pumas are sometimes
fed deer, and will be involved in a special scientific experiment
to help big cat studies in Britain…

Visit www.wildsideexoticrescue.co.uk to learn more about Wildside
and support the work of Lindsay and the team there. 


Words of the week:   scientific controls


21 August 2024