Revealed: the dangerous wild animals kept on UK private property

Councils have issued licences for thousands of animals, research shows, including lions, wolves and crocodiles

Lions, wolves and deadly venomous snakes are among thousands of dangerous animals being kept on private properties across the UK, figures have revealed.

Big cats including 13 tigers, two lions, eight leopards, seven cheetahs and nine pumas are prowling behind the fences of addresses up and down the land, an investigation by the Press Association has found.