British big cats (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "British big cats" in English language version.

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bbc.co.uk

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"Police 'big cat' warning". BBC News. 25 August 2000. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
"'Big cat' attacks man in garden". BBC News. 22 March 2005. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
"Expert tears into cat conspiracy". BBC News Online. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
"HI-tech search for Beast of Bodmin". BBC News. 13 November 1999. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

bbc.co.uk

"No evidence for Cotswolds 'big cat'". BBC News. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Morelle, Rebecca (25 April 2013). "'Big cat' Canadian lynx was on the loose in UK in 1903". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
"Two more lynx spotted on loose in the Highlands". BBC News. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

bbc.com

"Essex lion: Charting the big cats of Britain". BBC News. 28 August 2012.

books.google.com

Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Stephen (2000). A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-210019-1.
Regal, Brian (2009). Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-313-35508-0.
Monbiot, George (2017). Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780226325279.
Monbiot, George (2017). Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. p. 56. ISBN 9780226325279.

defra.gov.uk

"Reports received by Defra of escapes of non-native cats in the U.K. 1975 to present day" (PDF). Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006.

discoverwildlife.com

"Pumas and cougars guide: what's the difference between them, where do they live and what do they eat?". Discover Wildlife. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

doi.org

Goss, Michael (1992). "Alien Big Cat Sightings in Britain: A Possible Rumour Legend?" (PDF). Folklore. 103 (2): 184–202. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1992.9715841. ISSN 0015-587X. JSTOR 1260889.

inverness-courier.co.uk

McAllister, Bill. "Was it really a leopard that was spotted?". The Inverness Courier. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

itv.com

"Man swiped at by 'panther-like' big cat in Cornwall". itv.com. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

journalism-education.org

Charles, Alec (2012). "Deer departed: a study of the news coverage of the death of the Exmoor Emperor" (PDF). Journalism Education. 1 (1): 56.

jstor.org

Goss, Michael (1992). "Alien Big Cat Sightings in Britain: A Possible Rumour Legend?" (PDF). Folklore. 103 (2): 184–202. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1992.9715841. ISSN 0015-587X. JSTOR 1260889.

maryjones.us

"Arthur and the Porter". Celtic Literature Collective. Retrieved 28 July 2009.

pbs.org

"Leopard Fact Sheet | Blog | Nature | PBS". Nature. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

plymouth.ac.uk

pearl.plymouth.ac.uk

Channing, Iain (2016). "Post-PACE: Police and Policing in the South West Timeline". University of Plymouth. p. 3.

pressandjournal.co.uk

Strachan, Graeme (28 October 2020). "Big cats: The hunt for the puma caught roaming the Highlands in 1980". Press and Journal. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

psni.police.uk

"'Big cat' sightings (FOI request)" (PDF). Police Service of Northern Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

standard.co.uk

Davenport, Justin (22 March 2005). "Hunt for 'beast of Sydenham'". Evening Standard. London. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

telegraph.co.uk

"Big cats in Britain: in pictures". www.telegraph.co.uk. 4 September 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
O'Neill, Sean (9 May 2001). "The Beast of Cricklewood is caged". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 September 2010.

tetzoo.com

Naish, Darren (17 March 2013). "Meeting the Hayling Island Jungle cat". Tetrapod Zoology. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

theguardian.com

Scotland, P. A. (9 January 2025). "Two lynx on the loose in the Scottish Highlands". The Guardian.
Wilding, Mark (14 April 2019). "On the trail of Britain's wild big cats". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2022. A spokeswoman for the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said: "Neither Natural England nor Defra have received any credible reports of wild living or breeding big cats in Britain in recent years. Defra is not currently engaged in any work related to the management of wild big cats in Britain and has no plans to do so."
Hambling, David (19 July 2001). "It's a lion... no it's a cat". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
Morris, Steven (16 January 2012). "Cotswolds big cat speculation mounts as second dead deer found". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
Brooks, Libby (9 January 2025). "Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

theweek.com

"The mystery of Britain's alien big cats". The Week. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
"The mystery of Britain's alien big cats", The Week, January 8, 2015

thisislocallondon.co.uk

Hewett, Chris (11 March 2014). "What became of the 'Beast of Barnet'? Times Series investigation reveals Cricklewood lynx Lara's legacy lives on". This is Local London. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

web.archive.org

McAllister, Bill. "Was it really a leopard that was spotted?". The Inverness Courier. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
"'Big cat' sightings (FOI request)" (PDF). Police Service of Northern Ireland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
"Reports received by Defra of escapes of non-native cats in the U.K. 1975 to present day" (PDF). Department for Environment, Food, & Rural Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006.

worldcat.org

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Goss, Michael (1992). "Alien Big Cat Sightings in Britain: A Possible Rumour Legend?" (PDF). Folklore. 103 (2): 184–202. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1992.9715841. ISSN 0015-587X. JSTOR 1260889.
Morris, Steven (16 January 2012). "Cotswolds big cat speculation mounts as second dead deer found". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
Brooks, Libby (9 January 2025). "Two lynx captured after being illegally released in Scottish Highlands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 January 2025.