Reward for big black cat terrorizing region

A £5,000 reward has been offered for the capture of a "big cat" in Oxfordshire. The Beeb has the details:

The so-called "Beast of Burford" has been spotted prowling near farms and has killed several sheep in west Oxfordshire, according to farmers.

Foxbury farmer Colin Dawes told the BBC he saw the "large black cat" running away after killing three of his sheep.

Cotswold Wildlife Park has now offered to pay £5,000 to anyone who can capture the creature alive.

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"Something is killing sheep. I don't know what that is, but there is a possibility there's something out there, an animal that shouldn't be there, but I don't have any proof," (a Thames River Valley Police Constable said).

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