Despite a male being back in its cage, a pregnant female African serval is still on the loose near Qualicum Beach and its owners say they're trying their best to catch it.
Posted: Oct. 5, 2022 5:32PMDespite a male being back in its cage, a pregnant female African serval is still on the loose near Qualicum Beach and its owners say they’re trying their best to catch it.
“The neighbourhood is quite afraid,” the local said Tuesday. “Children can’t walk to the bus stop. I have a little dog, I can’t let her out. My neighbours have pets and children. It’s quite a situation.” “We’d never let the cats out … We care about our neighbours and our home and our cats, and whoever let them out obviously didn’t think about any of them, including the cats, because they are not better off free. They don’t know how to hunt.”
She says she brought in a trap baited with liver and filled with a pile of bedding from a turkey pen, which “smells pretty good if you’re a wild cat.”Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.“So the smell may well attract her,” Leanne said. “I think it will attract the cat, especially if she’s hungry. They have to eat. That’s what animals do, they’ll find whatever they can. But especially small dogs, small cats wouldn’t be a problem for this animal.
“They are difficult to contain in a home or enclosure setting, and pose a risk to their keepers and the public, and even native wildlife if they escape,” states a post on the SPCA’s“Their own safety is also in jeopardy in captivity. Escaped servals have died by being hit by cars or of starvation, since they never had the opportunity to learn how to hunt.”
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