British big cats
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Description
British big cats, also known as "anomalous ("alien“) big cats "(English: Alien Big Cats, ABC), "phantom cats", "mysterious cats" — large representatives of the cat family unknown to science (or known, but abnormal for the fauna Great Britain), living on British Isles and found in rural areas.
In particular, sightings of "Panthers", "Cougars" and giant "black cats"were reported. They also found animals that were killed by the typical methods of killing big cats (usually Cougars).
The reality of their existence has not been proven, but there are a sufficient number of versions created based on the analysis of individual credible cases that explain their observation: for example, they may be animals that escaped from circuses or were released by their former owners after the publication of the" dangerous wild animals Act " of 1976. However, there are also less scientific versions — in particular, the assumption that a small population of large cat fauna could have been preserved on the territory of the British Isles since the last glaciation.
