New report into big cats in NSW

Here's a scoop for you all - the new report into big cats in NSW. Are they or aren't they? Well let's employ someone who knows nothing about big cats and is living in NZ to look at all the old reports...again. Sigh. We don't have much energy to throw at this right now as our community in the Blue Mtns is battling bushfires. But please read and share your thoughts below...

Max Blake & Darren Naish at the Weird Weekend 2011

Big Cats in Britain - specifically lynxes - are the topic of this fantastic talk by Dr Darren Naish and CFZ assistant zoological director Max Blake, which focuses specifically on the discovery of a 100-year-old Eurasian lynx specimen in the Bristol Museum archives, shot in Devon!

You can read about the background of the discovery here - but bear in mind the journalists, bless 'em, buggered up his name it's Blake, not Lake.

Darren and Max give a great overview of the big cat phenomenon in the UK - one not to be missed for fans of big cats. "They are out there!"