BCC EP:101 Lake District leopards

We catch up with Cumbrian investigator Sharon Larkin at the end
of the Westmorland Show where Rick and Sharon were meeting
witnesses and visitors to the big cat stand.


Sharon explains how she follows up reports on her Facebook page,
Big Cats in Cumbria. She describes several of her own encounters
with large black cats and she justifies why she believes these
are leopards, including the one she photographed near Gretna in
2014 as it spooked cows and consumed a rabbit.  


South West investigator Paul Ramsden visited the show and also
chipped in, comparing Cumbria’s big cat landscape with his home
base in Gloucestershire. He and Sharon recount their highlights
from people’s reports at the big cat stand at the show. 


We are also joined by Ian, Sharon’s husband. He describes his own
big cat sighting and he and Sharon reflect on the family’s
experience living with the subject and owning two cats bred from
servals… 

More show notes, photos and messages are on this
link…  bigcatconversations.com/refs-links/ 


Words of the week:   savannah cats


30 September 2023