One moment, Virginia McKenna, aka Joy Adamson, was walking through the bush with Elsa, the lioness the Adamsons wanted to return to the wild.

ECONOMIST: Animals in Africa

Mrs Bush, who runs a dog walking business, said she had heard that a cat had been seen falling from the viaduct a week earlier but had dismissed the idea that it was Gus.

BBC: Cat found six days after fall from Gloucestershire viaduct