andy andyr2dvdorg httpnewsbbccouk1hiuk2220922stm big cats loose britain breeding way towards record numbers monitoring group claimed british big cats society said received 800 reports animals including pumas black panthers leopards socalled fen tigers past 12 months admits many sightings nothing exotic average moggy claims firm evidence majority real society founder daniel bamping told bbc news online could cope critics doubters adding sceptic thought realm loch ness monster really cats cubs mr bamping said reports big cats every corner country big cat reports hotspots include scotland gloucestershire january 2002 kent man clawed suspected lynx november 2001 farmer reports animals mauled big cat april 2001 lynx captured north london 1999 pumalike cat attacks horse wales weekend alone sightings wales scottish borders kent west midlands devon somerset wiltshire said society claims big cats breeding domestic animals mr bamping said others particularly lynx puma probably exist sufficient numbers breed among sightings cats cubs added trigger camera society claims evidence proving cats existence including photographs paw prints sheep kills hair samples knows even convince sceptical public spinning shaggy cat story national trigger camera project planned society hopes provide footage prove existence big cats mr bamping said idea cat walk past camera take picture like dogs society believes many sighting pets released wild descendants spokesman danny nineham said 1960s 1970s people big cats like leopards pets used walk like dogs 1976 dangerous wild animals act came force people released cats want pay licence put take zoo yahoo groups sponsor 4 dvds free sp join httpusclickyahoocompt6ybbnxieaamvfiaa7gsolbtm unsubscribe group send email forteanaunsubscribeegroupscom use yahoo groups subject httpdocsyahoocominfoterms wed 28 aug 2002 134735 0100 zzzzteana big cats increase