Welcome to

Rutland & Leicestershire

Panther Watch

updated 04th May 2012

Rutland and Leicestershire Panther watch aims are:

Devoted to researching and gathering the evidence to prove the existence of these magnificent predators thriving in the British countryside We have never sought to harm these creatures, Any attempt at capturing a Cat etc is a job for the authorities and NOT individuals

Photo of one of a pair of very well fed Panthers

at DRAYTON MANOR ZOO, and theme park, Tamworth, Warwickshire

Note that wild panthers in the UK will not look as well fed!!!

Contents of this site

Click here for introduction page

Click here for deer kill pics

Click here to find our location

Archive reports

Click here for the early years sightings

Click here for the 2001 sightings page

Click here for the 2002 sightings page

Click here for the 2003 sightings page

You may like to visit the excellent website of the Bigcats in Britain group who we are members of

If you are interested in the research, why not join the national group

Click the logos or links

www.bigcatsinbritain.org

http://britishbigcats.blogspot.com

http://bigcatsinbritaintriggercamerablog.blogspot.com

Latest local panther reports for May 2012 are:

Black lab dog size cat seen on 2^nd May near Arthingworth Mkt Harborough for some time though low powered telescope at 40 metres range. Animal was black but with white patches on the front. Definitely not a dog

Also two sightings of large black animal bigger than a dog 5 miles and 12 ½ hrs apart on 27^th April in Plungar Vale of Belvoir and Waltham on the Wolds

You can also contact or report local Leics and Rutland sightings direct to

Panther Watch which also go on the national data base

(All reports are recorded nationally although not published on here now)

New for 2011/2012

Probably the definitive book on the whole subject which answers all the critics, superb read whatever your beliefs on the subject with plenty of detailed colour pictures of evidence big cats in the UK and native lands

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

Also published in 2011

The Path of the Panther

by Ian Bond.
AUTHOR: Ian Bond

PUBLISHER: Big Cats In Britain
PAGES: 86
January 2011
ISBN: 978-0-9562016-3-8
PRICE: £6.50 + 50p postage

To order make cheques payable to Mark Fraser and post to:
4 Mill Avenue
Kilmaurs
KA3 2NL
Ayrshire
Scotland.

Big Cats in Britain are proud to announce the publication of Ian Bond's The Path of the Panther (BCIB Publishing January 2011), which is now available.

Want to see hard evidence

Click on the paw to view the Ketton paw print cast.

If you want to see some evidence of sheep kills, click on the field

You might also be interested in these graphic pictures of a suspected big cat attack on a deer in Rutland during October 2000

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