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Beast of Woodchester 'highly unlikely'

Fears that Gloucestershire might have its very own answer to the Beast of Bodmin Moor were raised after a deer carcass was found with wounds which some thought could have been caused by a large feline predator.

Scientists at the University of Warwick have analysed the carcass and Dr Robin Allaby, of the School of life Sciences at the University of Warwick, describes what they found.


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