Fresh sighting of ‘Canterbury panther’

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date October 2, 2020

By Matt Slaughter, Star News

There has been another supposed sighting of a mysterious big black cat – this time on the outskirts of Christchurch.

Over the years there have been reported sightings …

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