Is there a big cat roaming round Leeds?

A ZOOLOGY graduate has set up a webcam with a motion detector in a bid to verify a recent sighting of a big cat in Leeds. James Downs and his partner, Anna Lepianka, saw the animal stalking through a field near a disused railway line on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday afternoon. James, 37, said: “It was about the size of a Labrador, and dark coloured with a long tail. It was prowling at the bottom of the field and went up into the brambles. “I used to work in a zoo and was a zoologist by degree. It was no Collie – it was definitely a cat. Its front shoulder blades were popping like cats’ do. “Unfortunately we don’t have a photograph. It was about half a mile away.” They couple spotted the animal from their home in Stanks Drive, Swarcliffe, at about 2pm. “I walked up to the field about 20 minutes later to have a nosey,” James said. “It’s a deer path and if it’s a big cat it will follow the scent.” There were no footprints but James found two shredded pigeons, and hopes to catch the animal on film as hard proof.

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Warning released after multiple sightings of a hyena in woods near Bristol

Reports of multiple sightings of what people are describing as a hyena in woodland near Bristol have sparked a frenzy of speculation in Portishead and the surrounding area.

The initial sighting was reported by Stuart Price, who posted his experience on the town's community social media, and more people said they had either seen or heard a hyena-like creature.

Mr Price said when he contacted police, he was told by officers that his sighting was 'not the first', but police would not go looking for it until they have firm evidence.-read more

Crikey! I've got two crocodiles in my back garden

A reptile enthusiast in Scarborough is hoping he can play a part in saving a crocodile from extinction.

Jordan Woodhead has snapped at the opportunity to take care of an American alligator, a rare Siamese crocodile and a spectacled caiman, in his garden.

He was awarded the licence by Scarborough Borough Council after working with the RSPCA.

He told 5 live's Peter Allen about how he is trying to raise awareness and get local businesses to donate materials needed to extend his enclosure.

“I never thought you could keep them, when I found out you could, I set my sights on doing that.”read more and see video

first known sheepskin coat

The world's first known sheepskin coat was worn by Ötzi the 'Iceman' 5,300 years ago.

Scientists have studied the famous mummy's clothes for the first time and found they were made from a variety of five different animals.

These included brown bear for his hat, goat for his leather and sheep - for his coat.

It means Ötzi, found frozen in a glacier in the Alps a quarter of a century ago, was donning the garment more than 5,000 years before today's hipsters.read more

old man card

my sensei says i play the old man card -54 -when trying to do the physical aspects of gesar karate and to some point he is right as i constantly have to fight my nerve damage ,bad knees,hip playing up and when my brain is not playing ball with my body .i don't know if i am that old as stiil do weights,light cardio ,karate ,walk so i am going to try harder next time.

Killer shark off Cornwall?

In a scene reminiscent of the film Jaws, a fisherman out on the water has said he was nearly toppled from his wooden boat by the man eating shark.

The angler was out looking for mackerel a mile off the coast of St Ives, when suddenly his boat was rammed by the 7ft fish.

As it swam away – passing another boat – he identified it as an oceanic white tip, a shark famed for feeding frenzies around shipwrecks and plane crashes.

While the prospect of this killing machine swimming around our coast sounds terrifying, before any one flees the water, experts are already pouring cold water on the reports.

They claim the shark, normally found in tropical waters, has never been seen this far north – and even if it has entered our waters it will be virtually comatose by the cold.

Nevertheless the fisherman are adamant.-read more

pc madness .

oxford council in a possible act of pc overkill may ban the following titles from its documents -mr,ms,mrs as not too upset transgender people and also want to use a gender neutral option mx.no i am not anti transgender i just think it will make people more anti and pc is just going too far .