The black panther of Canterbury - fact or fiction?

  • Breaking
  • 08/06/2007

We often take comfort here in New Zealand that we have no natural predators, on land at least.
 
But that comfort might be just an illusion – an illusion that could be about to shatter.
 
Two film-makers have spent the last seven months documenting sightings of a large wild cat in the Canterbury back country.
 
A cat that hunts and kills – and is increasingly crossing paths with humans…

source: newshub archive