Mystery big cat leaves paw print

Published: 12:17PM Tuesday August 15, 2006 Source: RNZ

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Another sighting of Mid Canterbury's big cat has been reported and this time the mystery animal left a paw print.

A picture of the print has been sent to Biosecurity New Zealand to analyse.

Last week a Biosecurity New Zealand investigator and a large cat specialist from Orana Wildlife Park visited the Ashburton River mouth after a couple reported seeing a large cat there.

The latest sighting was at Wakanui, near Ashburton, last week by a local farmer. He found the paw print in the mud after he disturbed the animal.

It is the seventh reported sighting of a large black panther-like cat in Mid Canterbury since 2001.

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