Because servals can be legally owned and are considered domestic pets — not wildlife — they don’t come under the B.C. Conservation Officer Service’s mandate.
Two serval African wild cats on the loose north of Qualicum Beach are believed to have killed a domestic cat.
B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service was notified by the servals’ owner on Tuesday that the cats were loose. Dr. Sara Dubois, chief scientific officer with the B.C. SPCA, said Wednesday that a complaint was made in the previous 24 hours about the servals. “Neighbours are concerned.”SPCA officers will be following up with the owner to ensure the animals are being properly taken care of, she said.
The province can remedy the “patchwork” of regulations that currently covers servals by adding the animals to its list of banned exotic animals, she said. “They put the most dangerous animals on that list initially, but they didn’t cover off some of the medium-sized wild animals from other countries, like serval cats from Africa.”
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