Exotic Incident #2531

Incident Date:
02/17/2009
Location:
New Orleans, LA - USA
Facility Name:
Facility Type:
Exotic Pet (E)
Incident Category:
Abandoned animal (AA)
Species:
Small Cats
Animal:
Serval
Animal disposition:
Recaptured

Summary:

A man encountered a serval in his backyard. He called the police, and they arrived with zoo vet staff, who tranquilized the cat with a dart gun then captured him/her in a net. The cat was taken to the Audubon Zoothe as police tried to locate the owner.

Action take by Born Free USA:

Notes:

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/feral_cat_tranquilized_in_jena.html