Klara wrote:
In message , Janet
Baraclough
writes
If it did work, one would expect that where the dumped panthers/
cougars have established themselves (Bodmin moor, parts of the
Highlands), it would be very hard to persuade a domestic pet cat
to
leave the house, let alone crap in the garden.. AFAIK, this is not
the case.

Janet

A friend just back from digging in the Negev (archaeology, not
gardening) saw what is supposed to be the last leopard in the area:
all the others have succumbed to some disease carried by domestic
cats, on which the leopards had been dining ...

Hey, a new line for the _Daily Mail_: mad cat disease!

Mike.