An exotic cat missing on Vancouver Island for a week has now been returned home.
Bill Edwards – the African servals' owner – and his girlfriend Laurel Bablitz believe someone deliberately released Luna and her mate Tumaz from a pen in the couple's Qualicum Beach backyard last weekend.
"She's been gone for a week and I haven't had any further reports of other animals being killed, so that's a relief, too, that nobody else had to deal with that," Bablitz said. "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.
The negative reaction – and the possibility of Luna acting on her predatory instincts and killing more pets or livestock – made Bablitz and Edwards worried for their serval's safety.
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