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2003

Beast Is Back On The Prowl. Peterborough Evening Telegraph: 31st December 2003.
'Big Cat' Warning. Scunthorpe Telegraph: 29th December 2003.
Big Cat Prints Mystery. Scarborough Evening News: 24th December 2003
New Hunt To Find The Beast Of Exmoor. This Is Devon: 23rd December 2003.
Big Cat Sightings In County. Lincolnshire Echo: 19th December 2003.
NFU Press Release - Big Cats On The Prowl. NFU Press Officer: 16th December 2003.
Farmers On Watch For Killer Cats. BBC: 16th December 2003.
On The Big Cat Trail, By Jenny Parkin. Huddersfield Examiner: 11th December 2003.
Has The 'Panther' Left A Claw Mark In Tracey's Garden, By Beverley-Ann Peck. Horncastle News: 10th December 2003.
Anger over £1,000 Reward For Killing The Wolds Beast. Horncastle News: 10th December 2003.
Panther Blamed For Sheep Killings. Huderrsfield Daily Examiner: 9th December 2003.
Mystery of the Moorland Cat Oldham Advertiser: 3rd December 2003
Police On Trail Of Big Cat, By Janice Barker. Oldham Evening Chronicle: 2nd December 2003.
Big-Cat Bounty Hunters Danger At Dovestone, By Janice Barker. Oldham Evening Chronicle: 1st December 2003.
Black Cat Here...But Not Postman Pat, By Rob Burman and Peter Thompson. Grimsby Telegraph: 28th November 2003.
It Is Out There, Say Big Cat Experts, By Jane Elliot. Horncastle News: 26th November 2003.
Paws For Thought. Horncastle News: 22nd November 2003.
Lincolnshire Big Cat Watch. BBCi Radio Lincolnshire: 20th November 2003.
Patrol Officers Spotted Big Cat, By Jenna Weekes. Publication Unknown,(Dorset) 20th November 2003.
Eagle Eyed Farmers. Lincolnshire Echo: 19th November 2003.
Stalking Beast In Hade Edge, By Andrew Baldwin. Huddersfield Daily Examiner: 8th November 2003.
Moors Alert, By Claire Morris. Holme Valley Express: 7th November 2003.
Was It All My Imagination? Horncastle News: Date Unknown.
Tell Us About Cat Sightings. Horncastle News: 1st November 2003.
Man Terrified By Big Cat Sighting In Wood. Northern Echo: 30th October2003.
Expert Sceptical About `Big Cats'. Gazette & Herald: 30th October 2003
Possible Sighting Of Legendary Puma. Northern Echo: 30th October.
Pair Of Big Cats Sighted. Gazette & Herald: 29th October 2003
Scottish Clan On Trail Of The Panther. Horncastle News: 28th October.
Cat Photo Was All The Proof I Needed. Louth Leader: date unknown.
Woman Reports 'Beast' Sighting. BBC News: 26th October
The Hunt for the Beast of Parkers Piece Source unknown: 24th October 2003
This Is Black Leopard Country: Please Be Aware. The Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review: 24th October
How Sandy's Video Is The 'Proof' That Shows Exotic Big Cats Are Running Wild, By Anna Temple. Exact date and publication Unknown.
Frightened Family Tells Of Big Cat Terror. Lincolnshire Echo: 21st October 2003.
Paper Coughs Up Reward After 'Big Cat' Evidence Is Verified. Hold The Front Page: 19th October 2003.
Forensic Tests Prove Leopard Is On The Loose In Lincolnshire, By Daniel Foggo. Daily Telegraph: 19th October 2003.
Ears A New Slant On Wolds Panther Hunt. Horncastle News: Exact date unknown
Big Cat Seen In Suffolk. Ipswich Evening News: 18th October 2003.
MYSTERY Big Cat Sightings Have Shocked People Across Suffolk. Evening Star: 16th October 2003.
The Image Of The Big Cat That Clinched The News' £100 Reward. Horncastle News: 15th October 2003.
IT REALLY IS OUT THERE! / A BIG Cat IS Roaming The Wolds. Louth Leader: 15th October 2003.
Beast Of Bucks Spotted In Cookham, By Claire Kelly. Bucks Free Press: 10th October 2003.
Officer Is Sceptical Of Beasts. Horncastle News: 3rd October 2003.
Day When Lions Wandered The Streets. Horncastle News: 3rd October 2003.
Police Admit Pumas Are Being Tracked, By Rob Burnham. Grimsby Telegraph: 3rd October 2003.
Infamous Panther. Horncastle News: 3rd October 2003.
Mystery Cat Is Sighted Again. Ripley News: 2nd October 2003.
Big Cat Is Back. Ormskirk Advertiser: 2nd October 2003.
Big Cat Double Act? Publication Unknown, (North Humberside): 1st October 2003.
Big cat alert in East Yorks, By Nigel Burnham. Farmers Weekly: 1st October 2003
On the Prowl... Big Cats are Loose Yorkshire Today: 30th September 2003
Humberside Police Are The First Force In England To Officially Admit That They Believe Big Cats Are At Loose In The Countryside. BBC Inside Out: September 2003.
Police Confirm Big Cat Sightings. BBC News: 29th September 2003.
Warning – Big Cat on the Loose! Barnett Times: 27th September 2003
Chance Encounter With A Puma Leads To Obsession With Finding Our Big Cats. Lincolnshire Echo: 26th September 2003.
Warning - Big Cat On The Loose. Enfield & Haringey Independant: 25th September 2003.
Big Cat Sighting Could Be Puma. Lewes Today: 19th September 2003.
`Big Cat' Alert After Sighting. Cotswold Journal: 18th September 2003.
'White Panther' On The Prowl. Horncastle News: 17th September 2003.
'Wolds Beast Was In My Caravan' - Claim. Horncastle Today: 10th September 2003.
Big Cat Rumours Quashed. BBC News: 8th September 2003.
CFZ Big Cat Study Group. 7th September 2003.
Big-Cat Sightings 'Most Exciting Yet' By Daniel Parkinson. The Leicester Mercury: 6th September 2003.
Black Cat Sighting In Kendal Garden. This is the Lake District: 5th September 2003.
Wolds Panther Captured On Camera. Louth Leader: 3rd September 2003.
Horse Injury Big Cat Suspect. Herald Express: 1st September 2003.
Fear Of Big Cat On The Prowl After Sighting. Blackpool Gazette: 29th August 2003.
Pony Injured By 'Big Cat'. BBC News: 28th August 2003.
Big Cat Attack's Horse. Western Morning News: 27th August 2003.
Hunt Is On For Big Black Cat. icBirmingham: 26th August 2003.
Big Cat Report Sparks Search. BBC News: 25th August 2003.
Road Is Closed As Big Cat Sighted. Shropshire Star: 25th August 2003.
Search For The Beast. Western Morning News: 18th August 2003.
Big Cat Evidence Is Best Yet. Western Morning News: 13th August 2003.
More Sightings Add To Wolds Panther Mystery. Horncastle News: 13th August 2003.
'Big cat' Excites Experts. BBC News: 12th August 2003.
'Panther' Was Just A Prank. The Sun: 12th August 2003.
Don't Worry, Say Experts, After Girl Sights The 'Big Cat Of Cusworth'. Yorkshire Today: 12th August 2003.
Here kitty, kitty. The Guardian: 8th August 2003.
Big Cats In London, By Nick Allen. Fortean Times: August 2003.
Sighting's Of Wildcat's Are Wishful Thinking, By David Mathias. Western Morning News: 5th August 2003.
Sighting Of Second Mystery Beast. Worcester Evening News: 5th August 2003.
New Theories Over Beast Of The Hills. Worcester Evening News: 5th August 2003.
In A Sweat Over Mystery Black Cats. This Is Chester, 5th August 2003.
Scents Of Puma - Big Cat Sighted In Countryside. Lancashire Evening Post: 2nd August 2003.
Mysterious Black Cat Seen Again, By Mike Addison. Lancashire Evening Post: 2nd August 2003.
What's Half-Fox, Half Wild Boar? Close Encounter With A Mystery Animal. Worcester Evening Post: 1st August 2003.
Wirral 'Puma' Just a Big Cat, Say Police Source unknown: 1st August 2003
Another Big Cat Caught on Film, By Andrew Greenwood. Western Morning News: 31st July 2003.
Stars' Gardens Open For Charity This is Herefordshire: 31st July 2003
Tourists Spot Mystery Big Cat, By Lori Little. Isle Of Wight County Press: 27th July 2003.
How Ken (75) And His Dog Put Chicken Killing Cat To Flight. Lincolnshire Echo: 26th July 2003.
Beast Back On The Prowl. Runcorn Evening News: 26th July 2003.
Paw Print Mystery. Horncastle News: 23rd July 2003.
Wildcat Caught on Camera? Planet Suffolk: 21st July 2003
Weeklies' Big Cat Search Intensifies. Hold The Front Page: 22nd July 2003.
Woman Made Shocking Discovery In Her Garage. Horncastle News: 16th July 2003.
Black Beast On The Prowl, By Martin Lea. Dorset Echo: 12th July 2003.
Is 'Panther' A Blue Fox? Horncastle News 9th July 2003.
Safari Could Get The Big Cat In The Bag. This Is Cambridge: 5th July 2003.
Tails Of The Unexpected. Cambridge News: 5th July 2003.
Farmer Spots Legendary Fen Tiger Source unknown: 3rd July 2003
Man 'Finds' Big Cat's Lair. Horncastle News: 2nd July 2003.
More Sightings Of The Strange Beast. Skegness Standard: 2nd July 2003.
Could 2003 Be The Year Of The British Big Cat. BBC Press Release: July 2003.
The Beast Is On The Prowl. Skegness Standard: July 2003.
Tourist's Spot Mystery Big Cat. Isle of Wight County Press: June 27th 2003.
Spate Of Sightings Of Mystery Beast Around Bath. Bath Chronicle: 24th June 2003.
Panther Blamed For Killing Sheep, By Daniel Parkinson. Leicester Mercury: 17th June 2003.
Big Cat May Have Lived In Wragby A New Twist On The Wolds Panther Saga Has Been Uncovered. Horncastle News: 11th June 2003.
Big Cat Sighting? By Sam Bond. Stroud News & Journal: 5th June 2003.
Mystery Beast Kills Again, By Hannah Cruickshank. Ormskirk Advertiser: 5th June 2003.
Help Danny To Track Mystery Black Cat. Chepstow Today: 30th May 2003.
Driver Shocked By Sighting Of Panther-Like Cat. Shropshire Star: 29th May 2003.
New Sighting Of Mystery Big Cat. Shropshire Star: 24th May 2003.
Wold's Panther Patrol's Town. Horncastle News: 21st May 2003.
Strange Animal's In Grimsby. Yorkshire Post: May 2003.
Staffordshire Big Cats. Stoke & Staffordshire Features: May 2003.
Mystery Big Cat Sighted Roaming The Countryside, By Bob Hart. Grantham Journal: 16th May 2003.
Big Cat Is Spotted In Play Park. Norhampton Chronicle: 19th May 2003.
The Beast Of Ryedale Is Sighted Again. Gazette & Herald: 14th May 2003
Wild Cat Alert After Sighting. The Express: 10th May 2003.
'Keep Eyes Peeled For Big Cat'. North Devon Journal: 8th May 2003
Puma Report 'Genuine' The Northern Echo: 7th May 2003
Mystery Beast Is Back On The Prowl. Ormskirk Advertiser: 2nd May 2003.
'I've seen the panther' / THE WOLDS Panther is back! Publication Unknown / April 30th 2003.
Lynx' Seen Near Village. Grantham Journal: April 20th 2003.
More Sightings Of Mystery Big Cat On Prowl. Ormskirk Advertiser / April 17th 2003.
'Puma' May Have Been a Feral Cat The Northern Echo: 15th April 2003
7ft Panther In Brighton. Daily Mirror:12th April 2003.
"Big Cat Hunt". Daily Record: 12th April 2003.
Cat-alogue Of Sightings, By Tim Seamans. Southport Visitor, 11th April 2003.
I've Seen The Big Cat Four Times The Bromley Times: 6th April 2003
Beast Of Bucks Is Back, By James Webb. Bucks Free Press: 3rd April 2003.
'Lynx Sighting' Add's To Big Cat Evidence, By Paul Berger. Western Morning News: 3rd April 2003.
Another black cat sighting The Westmoreland Gazette: 3rd April 2003
Black Cat Seen Near M6, By Mike Addison. Westmoreland Gazette: Friday 28th March 2003.
Gwithan 'Cat' Sightings Could Be A Black Leopard, By Maurice Stephens. The Cornishman 27th March 2003.
Big Cat On The Prowl Again. thisislocallondon.co.uk / England - March 26th. 2003
Mystery Big Cat Sighted at Heyshott Midhurst & Petworth Observer: 24th March 2003
Will Big Cat Bring In Big Business? By David Charters. Liverpool Daily Post: March 21st 2003.
Big Cat Sighting Resurrects Legend Of Lincoln Lynx, By Ben Rooth. Linolnshire Echo: March 19th 2003.
Police Alert After 'Big Cat' Sighting. BBC News: March 17th, 2003.
Driver Encounters Large Black Cat In Kendal, Westmorland. Westmorland Gazette: March 13th 2003.
Mystery Big Cat Was Spotted Three Times. Ormskirk Advertiser: March 13th 2003.
Ignoring Evidence, UK Govt. Says No Big Cats Roam Island. The People: March 9th 2003.
Perplexing Sighting Of 'Beast'. Cornish Guardian: 6th March 2003.
Woman See Elusive Beast Of Essex. Essex Evening Echo: March 6th 2003.
Big cat on the prowl? By Tim Seamans. Ormskirk Advertiser: March 6th 2003.
Beast Number Two BBC News online: Wednesday 5th March 2003.
Big Cats On The Prowl? Herald Express: 3rd March 2003.
Morley Baffled By Big Cat Sightings. Western Morning News: 1st March 2003.
Evidence Makes Strong Case, Says Investigator. Western Morning News: 1st March 2003
Fortean Times ABC Survey 2001 - 2002. February 2003.
Big cat spotted again. Evening Telegraph: Thursday, February 27th 2003.
DEFRA (Question No 90 Written). 23rd February 2003.
Beast Spotted on the prowl. Rutland Mercury: 14th February 2003.
Britain's Big Cats Strike Back, By Mark Townsend. The Observer: 9th February 2003.
Big Cats Hunt Back On Track, By Charlotte Tarrant. Date & publication unknown: February 2003.
Tracks Of Big Cat In Suffolk Village. Evening Star: 3rd February 2003.
No Paws In Hunt For Big Cat, By Duncan Eaton. Dorset Echo: 3rd February 2003.
Police Hunt Big Cat, By James Chapman & Rachael Hennessey. Southampton Daily Echo: 1st February 2003.
Inquisitive Terrier Sniffs Out Big Cat, By Paul Andrews. Western Morning News: 31st January 2003
Big Cat Bob hangs up his binoculars. Evening News: 31st January 2003.
More Big Cats are Spotted Barnett Times: 31st January 2003
A lynx On The Prowl Is Not A 'Big Cat'. By Eddie Boosey. Eastern Daily Press: Thursday 30th January 2003.
Big Cat Scare At Hampshire School, By Ben Clerkin. This Is Southampton: 29th January 2003.
Big cat shock for car driver. Express & Star: 25th January 2003.
The Beast of Bexley, By Steve Boggin. London Evening Standard: 24th January 2003.
Is this a lynx - or a big-cat hoax? By Emily Dennis. EDP: 23rd January 2003.
Big Cat Sightings Soaring, By Paul Andrews. Western Morning News: 22nd January 2003.
More Big Cats Then Ever. This Is North Devon: 22nd January 2003.
British Big Cat Society Logged 1,077 Sightings For 2002. Northampton Chronicle & Echo: 21st January 2003.
Over 1000 Big Cat Sightings. British Big Cat Society Press Release, 20th January 2003.
New Sighting Of Mystery Beast. The Express & Star: 18th January 2003.
More Big Cat Sightings In English National Park, By Mike Addison. Westmorland Gazette: 17th January 2003.
Police Issue Big Cat Warning, By Zannah Lewis. Birmingham Post: 16th January 2003.
Black Cat Sighting Near Milnthorpe, By Mike Addison. Westmoreland Gazette: 14th January 2003.
Wild Beast Watchers Pounce On New Sightings, By John Vidal. The Guardian: 11th January 2003.
Hard Evidence Of British Big Cats. Rutland & Leicestershire Panther Watch, Press Release: 9th January 2003.
Britons Sight 1,000 Wild Cats A Year, By Ben Hoyle. The Times: 8th January 2003.
Woman Spots Large Cat The Westmoreland Gazette: 3rd January 2003