Story published on December 17, 2009
Not like it happened yesterday though according to the date.
Sister lives on Herefordshire/welsh border. There definiately were big cats around in the area quite a few years ago though. One of them is or was in Ludlow museum after it was run over and killed. That one is thought to be an Indian swamp cat. it also bred with a local Ferral cat, My sister fed one of the kittens but it never became very tame. It grew to be about the size of a scottish wild cat but was slimmer on the front with tufted ears, big powerfull hind legs, rabbit coloured tabby. It only lived to about two years old, it was shot while it was picking off lambs and we presume died of lead poisoning as it was seen with injuries then never seen again. She was heartbroken but I suspect a few farmers were very pleased.