“There are six publicly known positive DNA results that match the leopard, two from recent years: from Gloucestershire in 2022, from hair on a barbed-wire fence in the vicinity of a sheep kill; and from Cumbria in 2023, DNA found on a carcass of a sheep.”
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Black leopards are secretly thriving in the British countryside – here’s the whole incredible story | Discover Wildlife
Sightings and DNA tests suggest that large cats such as black leopards are quietly naturalising in Britain. Here’s the whole story.