Wild Cat on the loose!!!

DMT

Anyone see the MASSIVE* black cat on the news that's on the loose in Monaghan. Looked like it was about a foot long. The rabbits it was chasing looked bigger.

And now they have Army Rangers camped out in fox-holes waiting to kill it....

Madness....


* Sarcasm

eirebhoy

www.breakingnews.ie

A Garda helicopter was tonight carrying out a search over Co Monaghan for a large black cat.

The wild animal was sighted earlier close to the Tully housing estate outside Monaghan town and filmed by one local man.

A Garda helicopter with thermal imaging equipment was flying over the Monaghan area in an attempt to locate the cat.

The Army has provided a trained marksman from the Monaghan barracks.

There have been irregular sightings of the black cat in the Newbliss area in West Monaghan for several months.

Last week, the puma-like cat attacked a herd of calves on two successive nights and killed one.

It is also suspected of killing a goat in the same area over the weekend.

Local Fine Gael Councillor Hugh McElvaney, who owns a pub outside Monaghan town, said locals now suspected there were two cats on the loose.

“There have been sightings in Newbliss in West Monaghan and now in Monaghan town, which is in the North of the county. That’s too big of a geographical divide for one cat,” he said.

He added that the cat (or cats) was now the talk of the town.

“Where they’ve come from – that’s the burning question. Is it someone who’s been raising them at home from years? No circus has admitted that any cats have escaped either.”

Superman

Thats brilliant!!! Add's a bit of excitement to traveling in monaghan! oh boyo it will be like been in amazon!

heard about this before on UTV, apparently there are up to 6 on the lose in the 6 counties, apperentlky they beloged to collectors that just left the latch open.

Johnny_the_fox

Originally posted by Superman
heard about this before on UTV, apparently there are up to 6 on the lose in the 6 counties, apperentlky they beloged to collectors that just left the latch open.

yep... there was a couple spotted in the north..

one was see in the glens of antrim and the other was spotted in moneymore (co. derry)

woosaysdan

it will make for a very interesting camping trip there thats for sure!!!

seamus

They reckon there's a few of these things in Ireland, and loads in Midlands UK.

All to do with people buying big cats and mating with stray cats, and after a few generations living in the wild, they grow to huge proportions.

Allegedly.

Johnny_the_fox

its legal to keep these animals in the north.. <i think>

so maybe someone couldnt look after it anymore, so drove over the border and dumped it.. :dunno:

DMT

How long before someone sees/gets video footage of a Yeti/Bigfoot in Ireland?

Kastro

or it made it across itself? its just one of the strays from the north..??!

Johnny_the_fox

Originally posted by DMT
How long before someone sees/gets video footage of a Yeti/Bigfoot in Ireland?

bigfoot was here in 1992/3..

DMT

Originally posted by Johnny_the_fox
bigfoot was here in 1992/3..

I always liked Bigfoot #5 - can't belive they're up to #17 now. Used to love those monster truck TV specials...

Lump

Originally posted by Johnny_the_fox
its legal to keep these animals in the north.. <i think>

so maybe someone couldnt look after it anymore, so drove over the border and dumped it.. :dunno:

In the SOuth, you need a license for a dog, but you don;t need any license to keep a puma, Lion, siberian tiger or any other such animal. The ISPCA are trying to get bertie to sort it out. Apparently there are 5 main breeder/sellers in Ireland.


John

DMT

Time to get that pet wolf I always wanted...

dod

So there's some wild, untamed pussy running riot around Monaghan.

Sounds like a regular Saturday night tbh.

DMT

Originally posted by dod
So there's some wild, untamed pussy running riot around Monaghan.

Sounds like a regular Saturday night tbh.

Sounds like Copper Face Jacks tbh...

Silvera

Must be serious - they have even called in an Air Corps reconnaissance plane !