DNA test ‘confirms’ black panthers and other big cats are roaming around the UK countryside

DNA from a black hair caught on a barbwire fence following a sheep attack in the UK has offered “definitive proof” big cats are prowling the British countryside, say documentary makers. The strands were sent off for testing after being recovered from a farm in Gloucestershire where there had been some “unusual” predatory activity.

Suspicion was raised when video footage of a large black animal was also captured only a few miles away from where the sample was taken. And documentary-makers, who had been investigating sightings across the UK, say the test has now come back ‘positive’ - confirming the existence of black panthers and other big cats living in the UK.