Cats
(asked on 4th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many big cat sightings have been reported in each year from (a) 2000 to 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016 to date.
Natural England collects data relating to sightings or signs of exotic mammals including big cats. Data on sightings of big cats, reported to Natural England and its predecessors between 2000 and 2012, can be found by accessing the Natural England section of the National Archives website.
Data for big cat sightings from 2013 is as follows.
Year | No. cases reported | No. individual animals reported | Confirmed | Supported but not confirmed | Discounted | Probably other cause | Inconclusive |
2013 | 5 | 5 |
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| 5 |
2014 | 1 | 1 |
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| 1 |
2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 1 |
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| 2 |
There have been no big cat sightings so far this year.