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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

MYSTERY CAT NEWS: From around the world

The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column inches than any other cryptozoological subject.

This column is primarily about British mystery cats, but it would be unrealistic to ignore the fact that there are analogous phenomena in many other countries. So here are some cryptozoological mystery cat stories from elsewhere in the globe.

The first one covers the efforts of CFZ Press author Scott Marlowe in Florida:

Tracking the Carrabelle Cat: Florida's black panther mystery San ...
By Chasing Shadows
Within the field of monster hunting (cryptozoology), much ado is made about such notable, enigmatic creatures as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Ch...

In India, the authorities have a thorny problem

Killer leopard conundrum: Captive big cat's future still uncertain
The Express Tribune
Officials could choose to send the big cat to a zoo or to Hazara University, where animal sciences are taught. By Our Correspondent Releasing the leopard in the jungle was not on the cards, but officials could choose to send the big cat to a zoo or to ...



There is a genuine cryptozoological mystery in Java where there is a burgeoning amount of evidence suggesting that the Javan Tiger is far from extinct:

Javan officials employ camera traps to find extinct tiger
Mongabay.com
To prove the big cat has not vanished for good, wildlife officials have installed five camera traps in the park, reports Antara News. This is not the first time camera traps have been used to attempt to prove the existence of the tiger on Java.

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