Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976

Yeah.

So it's, it's wild boar and the Dangerous Wild Animals Act, and they were put there because they were being imported for farming.

And basically that means they have to be kept in enclosures, and they belong to someone, uh, someone, someone that owns them.

Whereas feral pig or feral wild boar, as they're called in England, means that this animal that was in captivity has gone feral, um, and no longer belongs to someone.

currently? Yes, I think there were.

I think that there was the Dangerous Animals Act, which was something like the early 70s.

And it was quite a cool thing.

for people in the swinging 60s who were like really cool guys to have big cats and but you had them as cubs and so they were cool and so you would sort of have them on the lead and there's lots and lots of things if you look at those carnaby street style photographs of these sort of doe-eyed or some sort of Austin Powers, but not a pastiche, walking along with some sort of big cat.

And, you know, if you're going to take a wild animal, then you need a license in the UK for that.

I was going to say, keeping a raccoon here in the UK, we need a Dangerous Wild Animals Act licence.

Perhaps the future is more robotic than raccoon.

Clara, UK care homes have run trials where residents with dementia have formed strong bonds with robotic cats and dogs.

Several high-profile incidents recorded that some were released or managed to flee their enclosures.

The Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976 even required licensing for such animals, but enforcement was weak, which may have left a few predators free in rural areas.

But it isn't just Cornwall.

There have been alleged encounters on Devon's Dartmoor, Scotland's moorlands, and even the Norfolk Fens.

Tourist brochures and local guides now sell mystery walks that promise glimpses of the elusive feline.

Economic incentive can sustain narratives even when facts dry up.

Legally, the UK's Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976 requires owners of large cats to secure their premises.

Yet the act was not originally designed with wildlife crime in mind, which created a loophole for pet owners to keep animals on private land without stringent oversight.