{"id":27234,"date":"2018-03-09T16:27:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27234"},"modified":"2018-03-09T16:27:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:27:03","slug":"mystery-big-cat-spotted-llandaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/09\/mystery-big-cat-spotted-llandaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery &#039;big cat&#039;  spotted in Llandaff Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A MYSTERY animal has been spotted on Llandaff Fields by a walker who claims it was a big cat &#8220;over seven feet long&#8221;.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A picture, posted online by the spotter, shows a black figure running across a field in Llandaff. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The man, who did not want to give his name, from Grangetown, was out for a weekend walk when movement in the next field caught his attention. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m sure it was a big cat. I saw it run across a field last week. It was over seven feet long and jet black like a panther,&#8217; he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI didn\u2019t contact the police because I didn\u2019t know if there were any big cats in the UK but now I realise it\u2019s very unusual.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI know the picture isn\u2019t clear but it was so big in person. It was definitely a big cat, I think it was a panther, probably.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27250\" style=\"width: 521px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27250\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom.jpg\" alt=\"The black figure looked to have a low profile and a a long tail\" width=\"521\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom.jpg 521w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom-500x284.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom-293x166.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27250\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom.jpg\" alt=\"The black figure looked to have a low profile and a a long tail\" width=\"521\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom.jpg 521w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom-500x284.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/panther-zoom-293x166.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/noscript> The black figure looked to have a low profile and a a long tail<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Big cat sightings are not irregular in South Wales and there were reported sightings of lynx and panthers in 2017.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Danny Bamping, founder of the British Big Cats Society, said: \u201cThe likelihood of there being big cats in South Wales is very high.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere have been over 100 sightings over the last year and even as recently as last week.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf you see a big cat make sure you take a picture or video it. Make sure you observe it, what it is doing and how it moves to help identify it. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThen, report it via the BBCS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishbigcats.org\">website<\/a> and call the police on 101 to get to their Wildlife Crime Officers to report it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MYSTERY animal has been spotted on Llandaff Fields by a walker who claims it was a big cat &#8220;over seven feet long&#8221;. A picture, posted online by the spotter, shows a black figure running across a field in Llandaff. The man, who did not want to give his name, from Grangetown, was out for a weekend walk when movement in the next field caught his attention. \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m sure it was a big cat. 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