feral cats

Do you remember the giant kitten in the “Goodies” well, according to one academic, featured in this article, ruminating on the no show of the Essex Bank Holiday Lion, there may have been more to this surreal idea than met the eye!:

Pet cats are turning feral and growing to more than 4ft in the wild, a British professor has claimed.

Stephen Harris, professor of environmental sciences at Bristol University, said that since wolves and other large animals had become extinct in the UK, a gap had opened for a large predator.

He believes the niche could be being filled by previously domesticated cats which have turned feral and grown to large sizes.

It may explain sightings of the so-called Essex lion which was apparently spotted in Clacton-on-sea over the weekend.

While lions, leopards and pumas are unlikely to be found on the prowl in Britain, a number of pet cats turned feral could be causing the confusion, claims Professor Harris.

Should this prove to be the case I will have to get some protection for Ralph the Jack Russell as he will be facing payback time from the feline world!!