30 May 2000. Juniper Top, Box Hill, Dorking, Surrey. Husband and wife saw a Puma type cat, brown coloured, about 4 feet long running off through the trees. 25 May 2000. Nanscawen, in the Luxulyan valley.
Farmer loses ewe.
Being shorn, attack marks showed clearly. Close veterinary inspection revealed score marks, several inches long, down each side of the animal and on its back. They were in groups of four as though the attacker had pursued the prey from behind, pounced on the animal, dragging it back as it tried to flee and ripping it's body with claws as it did so. Cornish Guardian 01.06.2000. 24 May 2000.