A report examining alleged sightings and evidence of 'big cats' in Victoria is complete, concluding the existence of a living population is highly unlikely.
Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh said the desktop study by the Department of Primary Industries and the Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research found there was a lack of hard evidence to substantiate that a population of wild 'big cats' exists in Victoria."No big cat has ever been detected in a formal wildlife survey, shot by a hunter or farmer or killed by a vehicle and no skeletal remains have ever been found. Nor have 'big cats' been identified in wildlife studies involving the analysis of thousands of mammalian faecal samples," Mr Walsh said.
Comment: Glad we didn't waste megabucks on this study!
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