Big cat stalks Scots flocks

31 January 2000



‘Big cat’ stalks Scots flocks

SHEEP farmers in Banffshire have been warned to protect their flocks from attacks by a big cat living in the north east.

The cheetah-like animal is thought to have been responsible for a number of livestock losses around the Newmill area of Keith in Banffshire.

• Video “evidence” gives new credence to Beast of Bodmin, FWi, 22 July, 1998
• Prowling “big cat” blamed for sheep killings, FWi, 20 February, 1998
  
• The Herald 31/01/2000 page 7