{"id":650512,"date":"2026-06-21T11:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650512\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:58:10","slug":"suspected-panther-attack-left-stag-stripped-to-the-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650512\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected panther attack &#8216;left stag stripped to the bone&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A member of the public said the incident \u201cdefinitely wasn\u2019t foxes\u201d and was linked to other local sightings of the big cats.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The West Mercia Police log is among several that appear to support what big cat enthusiasts see as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/25427532.big-cats-nearer-think-worcestershire-panther-sightings-mapped\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">decades-long presence of the creatures<\/a>\u00a0in the British countryside.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The log, from April 28, 2024 in Wychavon, states:\u00a0\u201cLast Thursday a stag had been killed and was on the verge by my field.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOn Friday, I reported to Wychavon Council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26049866.spate-panther-sightings-across-worcestershire-revealed\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spate of panther sightings across Worcestershire revealed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Have big cats somehow adapted to the British countryside? (Image: Stock image, News and Star)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cOn Saturday, I thought the carcass had been collected by the council but then a little later found the carcass in my field.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cIt had been stripped to the bone (other than the head).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;It definitely wasn\u2019t foxes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cI suspect it is linked to the panther sightings from 15\/1 and 10\/2 which were reported.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The report has been newly released by West Mercia Police under the Freedom of Information Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In April, Worcester News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worcesternews.co.uk\/news\/26049866.spate-panther-sightings-across-worcestershire-revealed\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported how it was one of six sightings<\/a> that had been recorded by the force over the past three years.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Have you got a story you wish to share? Contact joshua.layton@newsquest.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A member of the public said the incident \u201cdefinitely wasn\u2019t foxes\u201d and was linked to other local sightings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-650512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}