Jim Shannon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Shannon on 2015-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many big cat sightings have been reported in each of the last five years.
Rory Stewart
A total of 26 sightings of big cats in the wild have been reported to Natural England since 1 January 2010. This figure is broken down as follows:
2010 – 6
2011 – 4
2012 – 4
2013 – 6
2014 – 1
2015 – 5 (to date)
Please be aware that the above are only reports received and logged by Natural England. Other parties such as the Police may hold further records.