British big cats
Ringkasan
British big cats adalah sebutan untuk laporan penampakan kucing besar liar non-asli di Britania Raya, sering disebut "panther", "puma", atau "kucing hitam".
The term covers claimed sightings, across the United Kingdom, of big wild cats not native to Britain, often called 'panthers', 'pumas' or 'black cats'.
Kisah dan tradisi
Dalam cerita rakyat dan legenda urban Britania (British folklore), British big cats merujuk pada laporan penampakan kucing besar liar non-asli di Britania Raya (United Kingdom), yang banyak digambarkan sebagai "panther", "puma", atau "black cats". Ada beberapa kasus langka hewan yang ditemukan, sering spesies berukuran sedang seperti lynx Eurasia, dan pada 1980 seekor puma tertangkap hidup di Skotlandia (Scotland). Hewan-hewan ini umumnya diduga peliharaan eksotis ilegal yang kabur atau dilepas, mungkin setelah Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. Namun keberadaan populasi "kucing besar sejati", apalagi yang berkembang biak, ditolak para ahli dan pemerintah Britania karena tidak ada bukti meyakinkan; penampakan dari jauh kebanyakan dianggap kucing rumahan yang salah dikira hewan besar. Seorang folklorist menyebutnya "artefak media". Dalam tradisi lebih tua, puisi Wales abad pertengahan Pa Gwr dalam Black Book of Carmarthen menyebut Cath Palug, "kucing Palug", yang berkeliaran di Anglesey sampai dibunuh Cei. Menurut artikel es, ada juga teori bahwa hewan-hewan itu fauna sisa Zaman Es.
In British folklore and urban legend, 'British big cats' means reported sightings of wild, non-native big cats in the United Kingdom, often described as 'panthers', 'pumas' or 'black cats'. A few rare animals have actually been recovered, mostly mid-sized species such as the Eurasian lynx, and in 1980 a puma was caught alive in Scotland. These are usually thought to be illegally kept exotic pets that escaped or were set loose, perhaps after the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. Yet the idea of a population of 'true big cats', still less a breeding one, has been rejected by experts and the British government for lack of convincing proof; distant sightings are mostly put down to house cats mistaken for something larger. One folklorist called the sightings a 'media artifact'. Older tradition has the medieval Welsh poem Pa Gwr in the Black Book of Carmarthen naming Cath Palug, 'Palug's cat', which roamed Anglesey until Cei killed it. According to the es article some theories even hold them to be survivors from the Ice Age.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Britania
- Kawasan / Region
- Eropa
- Negara / Country
- GB
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Cryptid
Tahukah kamu? / Did you know?
Pada 1980 seekor puma tertangkap hidup di Skotlandia, diduga peliharaan yang dilepas.
In 1980 a puma was caught alive in Scotland, thought to be a released pet.