BCC EP:85 The policemen, the dog & the panthers - Warwickshire big cats recalled
Big Cat Conversations
English - November 03, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 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
Previous Episode: BCC EP:84 The wall-walker – filming a foraging panther
Next Episode: BCC EP:86 Cougar close encounters – from Canada to Devon
Bob received big cat reports in the 1990s during his career with Warwickshire police – it became more real on duty one night when he saw a black panther himself.
John our second guest also served with Warwickshire police - he investigated a crashed car incident one night in 2003 when his police dog Russ let him know there was something about, as a panther emerged on the scene…
John discusses his experience working with dogs in the police and currently with Cornwall Search Dogs, and he and Rick consider how dogs could be deployed for tracking big cats.
Words of the week: scat detection dogs
3 November 2022