Big Cat Conversations - Rick Minter

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BCC EP:133 Watching, stalking & hiding - big cats at home in Britain

Episode 133

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 • Duration 01:37:57

Lee our first guest describes his close observation of a puma stalking fallow deer in Buckinghamshire. He watched the circling deer behaviour as they responded as a protective group to the advancing predator, and he describes the fear he felt at finding himself so close to the scene.

John our second guest returns after episode 125, with more big cat stories from the Scottish Borders, including lynx in Kielder Forest and night-time encounters with staring and stalking animals that were potential big cats. John also gives his perspective on living with predators in the area. John has caught up with the podcasts as a recently joined listener, and gives his overview of the trends he spots in all the content. John and Rick also discuss the role of art and music in communicating British big cats, and John has written and performed another outro song for the podcast. This new one is ‘Stumbling Blind’, about a mother and cub – lyrics are displayed on the BCC website under ep 133.

Word of the week: interpretation

11 November 2025

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BCC EP:132 Cats breaking out – tales from Hampshire & across the globe

Episode 132

Sunday, October 19, 2025 • Duration 01:07:59

Dave our guest had two big cat encounters in East Hampshire in the 1990s. We also hear some panther and puma incidents reported to him through his fishing and his zookeeper networks.

Dave also mentions rumours of canned hunting in the past as one of the origins of the large cats in Britain, and he describes some experiences overseas involving a captive lioness, a captive tiger, and escaped pumas.

Words of the week: blending into nature

19 October 2025

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BCC EP:123 A shot in the dark – green eyes through the snow

Episode 123

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 • Duration 01:17:51

Bonus feature - British wolverines?

Our first guest Darren was asked to despatch a troublesome fox in south Wales in 1998. In the snowy conditions he actually saw a puma though his gun sights – he re-lives the high emotions on the winter hillside as bright green eyeshine stared back.

Rick and Darren also consider the prospects of a big cat being trapped, and they discuss an event in 2011, when the police and the Home Office verified a plaster cast as from a puma-like big cat.

For our second guest we return to Exmoor Zoo, meeting owner Danny Reynolds. He briefs us on the new female black leopard, Bagheera. She is a lively three year old, who enjoys playful stalking of the visitors and keepers.

Exmoor Zoo also hosts two wolverines, last known in Britain 8,000 years ago, or has this podcast found that they are back somehow? We discuss some footage which might hold the clues, with some extracted stills on the Big Cat Conversations website. Danny and Rick discuss the traits of wolverines, a big type of mustelid, both in the wild and at the zoo.

Words of the week: talon & Gulo gulo

26 March 2025

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BCC EP:33 Black leopards – spotting the difference from Essex to Exmoor Zoo

Episode 33

Friday, September 18, 2020 • Duration 58:36

Our first guest Paul watched a black panther in Essex for 15 minutes in August, struggling to take photos at dusk – we then visit Exmoor Zoo’s black leopards, and hear why local police sometimes ask if they’ve escaped.

Words of the week: chuffing and prusten

18 September 2020

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BCC EP:32 Fact into fiction – a big cat novel & a panther play

Episode 32

Wednesday, September 2, 2020 • Duration 01:19:02

In our first half David Anthony Starkey explains how glimpsing a big cat in south Wales led to his new novel about British black panthers – in the second half we feature Red in Tooth and Claw, a play about big cats in Britain by Simon Bovey, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

Words of the week: art represents reality

2 September 2020

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BCC EP:31 Bodmin & Exmoor Beasts – the inside stories

Episode 31

Thursday, August 20, 2020 • Duration 01:07:14

We speak to Lord Tyler who called for the 1995 government study on potential big cats in the Bodmin area, and to Eric Ley about sheep predation on his Exmoor farm in 1983 and the community’s response, which started the Exmoor Beast legend.

Word of the week: cat nip

20 August 2020

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BCC EP:30 The angry leopard – a close call on Anglesey

Episode 30

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 • Duration 52:50

Our guest Josh disturbed a large feline shape in the dark on a break in Anglesey – it made angry calls and stalked him as he returned home with his dog. He later observed the speed and power of the animal…

Word of the week: Tapetum lucidum

6 August 2020

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BCC EP:29 Devon panthers - quirks & confrontations

Episode 29

Friday, July 24, 2020 • Duration 01:02:37

Our first guest John witnessed a “freckled” black panther in north Devon in June 2020, suggesting inbreeding in the cat, while our second guest Dan was confronted by a panther on Dartmoor whilst on his Navy night-watch training.

Dan and Rick also discuss folklore associated with Britain’s big cat sightings.

Words of the week: vitiligo and tulpa

24 July 2020

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BCC EP:28 Stalking - two can play

Episode 28

Thursday, July 9, 2020 • Duration 01:16:08

Our first guest Richard once shot a medium-large sized cat in southern England but wants to film a big cat now, while our second guest Andrew and his dogs were followed by a panther by the river Severn in May 2020 – local investigator Paul Ramsden discusses this case on location with Andrew.

Word of the week: stalking

9 July 2020

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BCC EP:27 Tree-top predator & New Zealand panthers

Episode 27

Saturday, June 27, 2020 • Duration 01:11:54

Béa our guest from Dorset was shocked by a large cat high in a tree – she rushed for a camera as it leapt from branch to branch, and we also hear from Scott Bainbridge about New Zealand big cat sightings.

Word of the Week: arboreal

27 June 2020

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