Newspaper : Stalking beast in Hade Edge
Posted by armaitus on 10/11/2003 News by the same author
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" Panther-like creature 'should be in a zoo' "

Two women have told of their shock after encountering the Beast of Hade Edge - a large black cat thought to be a panther.

Villager Margaret Wainwright and her daughter-in-law Wilomena Roderick reported seeing the creature stalking sheep in a farmer's field at Dunford Road.

Police said they were treating the case seriously and there had been other sightings.

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By Andrew Baldwin, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nov 8 2003)

Mrs Roderick said she was in her mother-in-law's kitchen looking out of the window when she saw the mystery animal.

At first she thought it was a big dog on the loose. Then she realised it was far too big and muscular to be a dog.

"It was a very big powerful-like cat," she said.

"I saw the profile of its head and face, it belonged in a zoo. I was dumbfounded.

"The tail was a dead give away. It was really long and curled up at the end, and swishing like cats do swish their tail."

Wild cat expert Paul Westwood, of Pontefract, said he believed the big cat to be a black panther after hearing Mrs Roderick's description.

Three years ago there were reports of a powerful black beast roaming around Denby Dale.

A farmer had one lamb killed in an attack and another injured.

Mr Westwood said he believed big cats had been breeding since many were released into the wild after the Dangerous Animals Act of 1976.

By Andrew Baldwin, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Nov 8 2003)

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armaitus
Posted: 11/11/2003 17:16  Updated: 11/11/2003 17:41
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From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
The problem for us is not so much the existence of Big Cats as pets... more our imposition of a law against them.

Nearby Holmfirth was home to a lovely pet toiger at one point ... for instance.

When the law was brought in against them... many owners turned their pets out into the wild rather than having them put down. Which is exactly waht I would have done!

These animals have bred in the wild and now roam our countryside.
patthu
Posted: 11/11/2003 14:37  Updated: 11/11/2003 15:32
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
We have the same problem over here in the States. The last article I read (about a man in NY who had a tiger and an alligator in his apartment!) said that we don't have any regulations on big animals on the pet level. Just on the breeder level. We've had several instances here in our state of tigers and cougars set loose and having to be tracked down and unfortunately shot. Sad ending for the animal.
I'm curious though I thought some of the animals over there like the "beast of bodmin moor" had been seen for centuries?
Patt
armaitus
Posted: 11/11/2003 14:02  Updated: 11/11/2003 14:30
G-UK's my oyster
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From: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
My Sister and her friends saw a big cat around the Blackmoorfoot area of Huddersfield. I also worked with two people who also saw big cats in the area.

Morelenmir and I have found sheep corpses whilst trekking the moors... and they certainly do not look like the victims of wild dogs. The corpses were hidden in a similar way to how TV documentaries show wild cats as doing. Again, dogs would not do this.
faeden
Posted: 10/11/2003 23:38  Updated: 10/11/2003 23:50
I live here!!!
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From: Hampshire UK
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
sorry your cousin has lost some sheep but you cant blame them what else are they supposed to live on they never asked people to take them from there natrual enviroment exploit them and then release them into the british countryside if you know what i mean i think people should count them selves lucky that they dont view humans as prey
all the best
faeden
stevepm
Posted: 10/11/2003 23:26  Updated: 10/11/2003 23:30
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
Your not alone there faeden as i have see a black panther that roams the woods and fields around near where i live and one of my cousins has lost quiet a few sheep to it as well
faeden
Posted: 10/11/2003 21:15  Updated: 10/11/2003 21:49
I live here!!!
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From: Hampshire UK
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
its great we agree on something. i do agree that they should not beable to keep any animals how thick do you have to be to think you can raise and look after a huge wild cat its the same when dumb people by boa constricters as pets dosent in cross these muppets that they are going to grow into huge powerful snakes that need care that costs 1000s of pounds per month its the same with people that buy baby aligators as pets i mean durrrrrr
ledzep1
Posted: 10/11/2003 20:45  Updated: 10/11/2003 20:57
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
hi,agree with you there faeden(for once).we in n.ireland have a panther and a puma stalking our north coast.irresponsible people buy these animals when they are cubs,find them too hard & expensive to handle when they grow,so release them into the wild to fend for themselves.only now have the authorities emended the wild animals act and brought it into line with the rest of the uk...not a minute too soon.these people shouldnt be allowed to own a hamster never mind a large carnivorous killer.
faeden
Posted: 10/11/2003 18:14  Updated: 10/11/2003 19:12
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From: Hampshire UK
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 Re: Stalking beast in Hade Edge
i know many will think im telling porkys as i calim to have see a ghosts ans a ufo i have also seen a black panther when i was about 20 when comeing back from friends house on a summers evening i dont think they are beasts they are groups of cats that are breeding since the circus let free many wild cats into the british countryside when they came under the dangerious animals act they have the common sense to stay way from humans that being humans will just kill them i hope they prosper and continue to take farmers live stock they should not have been used to profit the greedy circus owners in the first place
all the best
faeden