BRIEFLY : EXOTIC CAT WANDERS INTO WOODLAND HILLS.WOODLAND HILLS - A small wild cat not native to California was running loose in a Woodland Hills back yard before being caught by wildlife officials Thursday night, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police said. The 4-foot-long civet civet (sĭv`ət) or civet cat, any of a large group of mostly nocturnal mammals of the Old World family Viverridae (civet family), which also includes the mongoose. - like a cross between a cheetah cheetah (chē`tə), carnivore of the cat family, Acinonyx jubatus, native to Africa S of the Sahara and SW Asia as far east as India. and a lynx - was reported in a back yard with small children in the area in the 4500 block of Willens Avenue around 8:30 p.m., said Sgt. Corina Hees. Police called Fish & Wildlife Service wardens, who captured the docile doc·ile adj. 1. Ready and willing to be taught; teachable. 2. Yielding to supervision, direction, or management; tractable. animal with little trouble, Hees said. It was not immediately known where the animal would be taken. - Daily News |
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