We hear from Bernard, an experienced stalker in the south of Ireland. He watched two adult black panthers resting in a field one evening in October 2022, as he walked his dog. There seemed to be a  third smaller cat with them.  Bernard takes us through the incident and tries to make sense of the remarkable scene.     We finish with news of the big cats poem & limerick competition. Words of the week:   a destruction of cats 6 December 2022