10am Zedlines

'Panther-like' predator pictured prowling Blue Mountains and other Zedlines.

Local, Steven Muiser, captured the creature on camera prowling the Sydney countryside, describing it as five times larger than a feral cat and as wide as the bonnet of his ute.

Professor Barry Brook from the University of Tasmania said the panther-like creature could have been ‘released decades ago and established a breeding population, but that does stretch the bounds of credibility'.

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