The owners of a pair of African servals say someone intentionally let the exotic animals loose out of a pen in their Qualicum Beach, B.C., backyard. One of the animals is now back in their care.
The owners of a pair of African servals allege someone intentionally let the exotic animals loose out of a pen in their Qualicum Beach backyard Sunday. One of the animals is now back in their care, and they're hoping the other one returns."They’re $20,000 cats. They’re our pets."
The couple have only owned the animals for about six or seven weeks, after purchasing them from the Metchosin area from a woman who was looking at using the cats in a breeding program. Bablitz went onto the Meadowood Facebook group to inform people the cats were on the loose and to watch their animals and their children. She realizes the way she worded her notice likely worried people.
The B.C. Conservation Officers Service confirmed the servals were on the loose and the BC SPCA said that a domestic cat had been killed. "These wild cats are not much bigger than a medium-sized dog, but they still retain their wild instincts and are cunning escape artists," reads the BC SPCA's information page on the animal.
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