BOBCAT FOUND HIDDEN IN WEST VALLEY HOUSE.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer State fish and game officials took possession of an exotic African wildcat The African Wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica), also known as the Desert Cat, is a subspecies of the Wildcat (F. silvestris). They appear to have diverged from the other subspecies about 131,000 years ago[2]. Some individual F. s. and a California bobcat bobcat: see lynx. bobcat Bobtailed, long-legged North American cat (Lynx rufus) found in forests and deserts from southern Canada to southern Mexico. It is a close relative of the lynx and caracal. Monday as part of their investigation into the Woodland Hills owner of the animals. The African serval serval, medium-sized African cat, Felis serval, found S of the Sahara in scrub country close to water. The serval is lightly built with very long legs; it has a small head with large eyes and ears, set on a long neck. Its coat is yellow-orange with black spots. and the bobcat are expected to be transferred soon to an undisclosed animal sanctuary that specializes in the care of wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. , said Lt. Richard Felosky of the West Valley Animal Care and Control Center in Chatsworth. The serval - a 4-foot-long, beige-color wildcat with black spots and long ears - was discovered Thursday lying in the back yard of a Woodland Hills home. The resident called authorities, who came and picked up the wildcat. On Saturday, animal care and fish and game officials - acting on a tip - served a search warrant at a home in the 4500 block of Willens Avenue in Woodland Hills and discovered a bobcat hidden in a closet behind some cardboard. Felosky said the investigation is continuing. The possession of wild animals in Los Angeles is prohibited without an exotic-animal permit. Investigators don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how the serval came to the United States and are unsure why the owner possessed the animal. ``The serval is probably worth thousands of dollars,'' Felosky said. ``You just don't find these animals anywhere.'' A market for exotic pets exists in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , he said. ``The animal sanctuaries get these animals all the time, and lots of them are from people who discover it is illegal to possess them, are too much trouble or are not the status symbol they had paraded around,'' Felosky said. California Department of Fish and Game Lt. Kent Smirl said he could not recall another instance when a serval was located in Southern California. ``There is a black market for exotic pets, but we don't know how widespread it is in the Los Angeles area,'' Smirl said. |
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