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DATE:	ANIMAL:	LOCATION:
7th April 2004	HOOPOE	Ty'n-y-groes
11th June 2004	WOLF?	Llandudno

Llandudno
WOLF?
Reports are being investigated of a large wolf-like creature in Llandudno. In Craig y Don, people with cats have been warned not to let them out at night, due to sightings of the creature. Some people believe it is a wolverine.

Residents have called the RSPCA, due to a grey predator terrorising cats in the village.

People think the creature is living in the woods nearby and coming to the residential area in the night to search for food. A pensioner, called Roy Chambers saw the creature. His cat, Bibby woke him up at 4am with a mouse, Roy took the mouse outside and Bibby followed him. Roy then saw the creature across the road. He described it as being grey, the size of an Alsatian and having a long snout. He said it wasn't a dog or big cat. It went after his cat so he ran out making a lot of noise, he picked up a handful of stones to throw at it.

There have been a lot of missing cats in the area in the last few weeks, initially being treated as thefts. A spokesman for the RSPCA said they would be interviewing people who had seen the creature.

The wolverine is the largest of the weasel family. It lives on land. It scavenges for food, also it has been said that it can drive wolves and grizzly bears away from their kills. Other names it is known by are the carcajou, the skunk bear and the Indian devil.

In April 2004, Police marksmen searched parts of Anglesey after receiving reports of a panther-like creature. In fields near Llandona beach, experts examined paw prints. They believe that they were almost certainly left by a black leopard.

In April 1997, a large cat-like beast killed dozens of sheep, farmers in North Wales claimed. A large white animal, resembling a puma was spotted in the hills close to Bala. Some farmers think the animal is responsible for killing a number of lambs.

Ty'n-y-groes
HOOPOE
“An African bird was found in a North Wales village in April 2004, after becoming lost in an attempt to migrate to warmer climes. The colourful Upapa Epops – known as ‘hoopoe’ owing to its distinctive call – had probably flown off-course owing to warm weather conditions and lack of experience.

It landed in a garden in Ty'n-y-groes outside Conwy, very close to the RSPB's Conwy nature reserve. Manager of the reserve Alan Davies expected that once the bird had fed, it would re-oriantate itself and continue on its journey to the Meditteranean. He warned, however, that the journey may prove perilous to the bird, since its bright colours make it easy prey.

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