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    Drop in sightings of big cats

    Flaviu, the Lynx, who escaped from Dartmoor Zoo (Credit Dartmoor Zoo)

    Big cat sightings in the South West have more than halved this decade.

    A Freedom of Information request has revealed that just 55 calls have been put into Devon and Cornwall police since 2011.

    People in Exmouth, Dartmouth, Okehampton and Bideford were among those concerned about big cats.
     

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