ATV Today: 27.10.1970: Report on the puma who attacked a boy

Summary

After an 8 year old boy in Surrey is attacked by a puma Jeffrey Watson talks to Leslie Clews at Southam Zoo in Warwickshire who knows about the dangerous animals.

Year:

1970

Duration:

0:04:17

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

The boy, James Tyler from Wallington in Surrey, was attacked on a trading estate near his home by a puma owned by builder Maurice Wheeler. Leslie Clews at Southam Zoo in Warwickshire recently sold Mr Wheeler a puma but it is not known if it is the same animal. We see Pauline Clews at home with her son and baby leopard and puma cubs. She also bottle feeds one of the animals. Jeffrey Watson talks to Leslie Clews about the dangers of owning a wild cat. We also see an adult puma in an enclosure at Southam Zoo.


Credits

No credits specified