Big cat sightings
Dear West Mercia Police,
Can I please request, in the form of a spreadsheet such as Excel or CSV file, an itemised list of all "big cat" sightings reported from 1 January 2014 to the present day.
A "big cat" is a large cat not native to the UK, often described as a "leopard", "puma" or "panther".
To include, for each sighting:
Location of sighting (inc. coordinates if held)
Date / time of sighting
Description of the sighting
Action taken
Yours faithfully,
Aimee Stanton
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Dear Ms Stanton
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11614 and
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Dear Ms Stanton
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 11614
and Warwickshire Police 11615
I write in connection with your requests for information which were
received on 8^th April 2019. Please find below the responses to your
requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
Can I please request, in the form of a spreadsheet such as Excel or CSV
file, an itemised list of all "big cat" sightings reported from 1 January
2014 to the present day.
A "big cat" is a large cat not native to the UK, often described as a
"leopard", "puma" or "panther".
To include, for each sighting:
Location of sighting (inc. coordinates if held) Date / time of sighting
Description of the sighting Action taken
West Mercia Police 11614 and Warwickshire Police 11615 REPLY: Nil return
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided by our
ASI Dept is as accurate as possible.
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complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write
or telephone the Information Compliance Unit quoting the reference number
above.
Yours sincerely
Mrs L E Fellows
Information Compliance Unit
Warwickshire Police & West Mercia Police
PO Box 55
Hindlip
Worcester
WR3 8SP
01905 331545 / 331565 / 331559
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