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Request
Q1. I would like to know about all reported sightings, as well as any date and knowledge known of unknown large animals that resemble large cats that may be described as pumas, panthers or leopards, or anything anomalous between 2015 - 2018 in the Harrogate, York, Selby and Hambleton area. The request relates to a specific event in 2016 between the villages of Cattal and Hunsingore on Ox Moor Ln. I would like to know about any reports or knowledge related to this time and place, related to sightings of a large animal that resembles a puma.
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
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Decision
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Q1. Nil reports – based on a search of the MO summary/remarks for the following key words: ‘Big Cat’, ‘Lynx’, ‘Panther’, ‘Puma’, ‘Cougar’, ‘Mountain Lion’, ‘Jaguar’, ‘Leopard’ and ‘Large Animal’.
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