BCC EP:82 A face-off at dusk – confronting a west country leopard
Big Cat Conversations
English - September 14, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNature Science Natural Sciences wildlife britain big cats black leopards pumas lynx sightings encounters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Clare met a black leopard watching her from a ditch in a Somerset lane back in 1993. Her family’s dogs and horses had been spooked at the time, sensing a possible predator nearby.
In a wide-ranging discussion including the wonders of the Zanzibar leopard and the search for the supposedly lost Thylacine, Clare discusses her experience working with leopards, puma and lynx at a zoo, and lessons she learnt about the traits of these cats for their behaviour in the wild in Britain.
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14 September 2022