Is there a big cat stalking the Home Counties?

By The Newsroom
Published 21st Apr 2016, 03:00 BST
Sighting of a 'big cat', thought to be a puma, in Chaulden Lane, HemelSighting of a 'big cat', thought to be a puma, in Chaulden Lane, Hemel
Sighting of a 'big cat', thought to be a puma, in Chaulden Lane, Hemel
Can you help to identify this suspected big cat which is thought to be stalking the Home Counties after one of our readers spotted it walking in a field.

The reader, who has asked to remain anonymous, saw the animal on Sunday night (April 17) at around 6pm on Chaulden Lane in nearby Hertfordshire.

They told us: “We saw what we are quite confident was a puma walking on a field.

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“We were able to observe the animal in details for about two minutes until it walked into the hedgerow. It was large and powerful.

Sighting of a 'big cat', thought to be a puma, in Chaulden Lane, HemelSighting of a 'big cat', thought to be a puma, in Chaulden Lane, Hemel
Sighting of a 'big cat', thought to be a puma, in Chaulden Lane, Hemel

“My partner is very interested into wildlife and recognised it as a puma. We have managed to take a picture from our phone. It barely does justice to what we both witnessed.”

Have you seen a suspected big cat in the Home Counties, we want to hear from you.

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