BCC EP:100 Where the wild things are

For our centenary show we met with 25 contacts in a Herefordshire
pub, to talk big cats, sample the local cider, and eat
celebration panther cakes. 


We heard sighting reports from Worcestershire, Herefordshire and
Dorset – two of which were genuinely ‘close’ encounters. 
David, one of the witnesses, also described the perfect footage
he’d been shown of a black leopard in Herefordshire.


Mark Graves led a discussion on tracking and ‘where next?’ for
investigating big cats, and we heard different views on how best
to use a sum of £5,000 for getting more evidence. 


When we discussed big cats in our culture, Fleur reminded us of
Roman finds in Britain in which the Greek god of wine and dance
Dionysus is accompanied by a panther… 


Look out for Youtube extracts of this episode 100 to be linked on
the Big Cat Conversations website and YT Channel in late August
2023.  


Word of the week:   spoor

19 August 2023