On cable TV, yesterday, they had a 2-hour special on the american Puma or Cougar. They are certainly large animals, wighing around 200 lbs, in fact, they have similiar coloration as a purebred Abyssinian. Do you suppose that someone has (re)introduced them into England? Although I know very little about wild life in the British Isles, I don't recall ever hearing about large cats being native to that area -at least within the past 300 years or so.

...........wayne