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Related: About this forumsomeone's illegal pet found roaming about Massachusetts. to be placed in zoo or sanctuary
The MSPCA-Angells Community Outreach team received a call Tuesday afternoon about a large cat roaming a Lincoln neighborhood not unusual.
The large cat, however, turned out to be a serval, a wild feline native to sub-Saharan Africa which is very unusual.
It is illegal to own a serval in Massachusetts and, as with other wild animals, their physical and behavioral needs cannot be met when kept as a pet, said Kara Holmquist, the director of advocacy at the MSPCA-Angell, in a statement. This results in harm to the animal, and potential danger to people and other animals.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/01/05/mspca-nabs-rare-african-serval-cat-in-lincoln-neighborhood/
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The MSPCA said it will determine the best possible course of treatment, which may include amputation of the leg.
Unfortunately, Bruno wasnt wearing any ID tags and wasnt microchipped, making it difficult to identify his owner, according to the MSPCA.
This serval is as wild as any found in Africa and the MSPCA will look to place him ultimately with a zoo or sanctuary once his treatment and recovery (are) complete he is not available for adoption, according to the statement.
XanaDUer2
(10,857 posts)Deuxcents
(16,454 posts)This is not your every day kitty. I hope the people are found n punished for this cruelty.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)One of those cats was a guest with his owners. (May have been something that looked quite similar).
It was really pretty, but the owners seemed to have a lot of difficulty restraining it. My two toy poodles were terrified, and gave it an extra wide berth.
jmowreader
(50,601 posts)There are websites about owning these, and theyre all very clear: if it ever gets out of the house, youll never see it again.
Then again, you dont have to worry about it being eaten by a coyote
Id be more worried about the coyote population.
Demovictory9
(32,498 posts)which is probably what happened with this Serval.
my feisty house cat snuck out, I didn't realize it until she was crying like baby to get back in, pawing at the door. I would hope my Serval would do the same.
Bayard
(22,238 posts)"My guess he was being kept to breed savannahs, Alyssa Krieger, the community outreach manager at MSPCA Boston, told the station. Savannahs, a type of cat breed, have a serval and a domestic cat for parents. Its also illegal in Massachusetts to own these hybrids, according to the MSPCA.
Poor, beautiful boy! Not only should the owners be prosecuted, but the people who smuggled him into the country.
wnylib
(21,797 posts)between a serval and a domestic cat. They have to be bred for a few generations before they can be sold as pets.
Same is true for the bengal cat breed. It is a hybrid between an Asian wild cat and a domestic cat. The domestic cat most often interbred with the Asian wild cat to produce a bengal is the Egyptian Mau, but sometimes an Abyssinian is used, too. Bengals have to be cross bred with domestics into the 4th generation before they can be legally sold as pets.
Bayard
(22,238 posts)wnylib
(21,797 posts)they would do with any pedigreed cat. But with the bengal or savannah, they can't sell them as pets until the 4th generation. I guess they can keep the in-between generations for additional breeding. But, that's only when starting a new line of bengal or savannah cats. Once there are 4th generation legal ones, they can be interbred with each other.
Some breeders are less responsible with their animals than others.
niyad
(113,963 posts)apropriately.
And blessings to all involved in helping this beautiful little being.