A Cruden Bay farmer found the carcass of one of his sheep spread across a field in 2006; he was sure it was not savaged by a dog and stated that workers had recently seen a "huge, slinky cat skulking around".
The Formartine and Buchan Way follows the route of the former railway lines in Buchan; converted into a pathway and cycle lane at the beginning of the 1990s, it is attractive to wildlife and the animal frequents it.