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A puma at large. Pumas are large cat-like animal which are found in America.When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted fourty-five miles south of London,it was not taken seriously.However,as the evidences began to accumulate,the experts felt obliged to investigate,for the descriptions from who claimed to had seen the puma were in common. The hunt for the puma began in a small villege where a woman picking blackberries saw a "cat like animal" only five yards away from her.It ran away immidiately when it saw her and the experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is connerd.The search proved diffcult,for the puma was observed at one place in the morning and at another place twinty miles away in the evening.Wherever it went,it left behind it a trail of dead deer and some animals like rabbits.Some people complained of "cat noise" at night and a bussiness man on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.The experts were now fully conviced that the animal was a puma,but where had it come from?As no puma had been reported missing from any zoo in London,this one must have been in the poccession of private cllector and somehow managed to escape.It's destubing to think that a dangerous animal is still at large in a quiet countryside.