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‘Big Cat Track’ begins in Kenya where Ian demonstrates the tactics and skills needed to track a cat in the wild then returns to the UK in the hope of capturing exclusive footage and DNA samples for analysis.
From Bodmin to Bournemouth and Gloucester to Dartmoor, reported sightings include pumas, leopards and lynx and Mr. Maxwell comes to the West Country in search of none other than The Beast of Bodmin. Mr. Maxwell, who runs Shadowhawk Tracker School training people in survival and tracking, was recently awarded the Winston Churchill Fellowship for life for his work in conservation. Having lived in Cornwall for six years he hears about regular incidents: “The Beast of Bodmin is now accepted as part of our folklore and sheep are killed so often now that people have stopped reporting it.”
“A policeman who specialises in optical footage saw the creature and the film was scaled up so we could take a closer look. I can’t say for sure exactly what it is but I will say that The Beast is not a domestic cat. No way!”
Today no one is quite sure how many wild cats are out there but recognised authorities put the numbers at over one hundred. The shrinking British woodland is now forcing many cats closer to towns and human contact, hence the burgeoning reports and record sightings between 2002-2003.