Fear of man-eater grips Ulster

I don't know what to make of this story from the Belfast Evening Telegraph. It seems to be about an escaped lion or tiger, but they never actually say. They say a "big cat" or "wild cat" is "roaming the countryside" -- no explanation of how it got there, or who is "responsible for releasing" the "wild animal." They don't even say precisely what it is -- unless "big cat" is a more specific term in British.

This vagueness makes you wonder if there really is a "big cat" out there at all or whether instead it's a rural myth like Bigfoot. But the most bizarre image is that of children scampering home from school over the Irish dales fearful of a lion.

Update -- Oh, all right -- a search reveals an earlier story saying it is a puma, or cougar. And it's been on the loose for months! How strange.