Big Kitty

Phil · 07-01-2008, 01:46 AM

Just sorting through some old snaps and came accross this one of a white lion.

dandysmom · 07-01-2008, 03:00 AM

What a beauty she is! Lovely pic, Phil.

Phil · 07-01-2008, 03:02 AM

The male was there too (sorry no picture) who was magnificent. At the time (not sure about the facts) they were 2 of 27 in the world.

dandysmom · 07-01-2008, 03:14 AM

We had a white tiger, Mohini, here in our Zoo when I was in college; often used to take my bag lunch down there (only a few blocks away) and watch her...the most stunning pale blue eyes! White tigers are a lot commoner than lions; never seen one!

Phil · 07-01-2008, 03:21 AM

I've seen a white tiger. Stunning animals - Tigers are my favourite animals although there's something special about leopards.

dandysmom · 07-01-2008, 03:49 AM

We had a black leopard there too; if the light was right you could see the markings in her coat; otherwise she was just jet black. I love all the big cats........

Phil · 07-01-2008, 04:05 AM

We (my wife, daughter and I) had a 'big cat sighting about 4 years ago at our local park.

Large balck cat walking through long grass about 25m from us.

It was behind a post and wire fence and the head and tail 'spanned' the distance between the posts which are 6 feet apart.

It just walked (shoulder blades rising and falling) before slinking off into the wheat field.

There's been numerous sightings before and since.

dandysmom · 07-01-2008, 04:17 AM

Wow, weird! What could it have been? Too big to be a melanistic wildcat..

Phil · 07-01-2008, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dandysmom

Wow, weird! What could it have been? Too big to be a melanistic wildcat..

Here in Scotland we have the wildcat. It's a giant tabby but not not much more.

This was huge !

Other sightings (and ours) lean towards panther.

A lot of people used to keep these kind of cats in captivity and when the cost of keeping registered 'dangerous' animals rose, they turned them free.

There's a UK website which has loads of evidence - sighting accounts and kill pictures. A few from around our area.

I'll find the link...............

Animagus · 07-01-2008, 04:33 AM

cool pic Phil.... i have never been lucky enuff to see a wildcat sight tho.... am in scotland too

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