Police were called to the Vancouver neighborhood for reports to monitor the cougar in the area. What they found was something else.
The Vancouver Police Department told CTV News on Wednesday that officers were called to the Shawnee area on Wednesday for surveillance.
They searched the area where the tip came from.
The Cougar was seen near the intersection of two main streets, Granville and King Edward, a place not far from many schools.
They did manage to find the cat, but it wasn’t a cougar. What they found, Const. Tanya Visintin said she was a domestic cat.
To give some confidence to the caller or callers, the cat was not of medium size. It was a Savannah cat, a cross between a domestic cat and an African wild cat known as a serval.
Savannahs are among the largest domestic cats in the world and have spots and stripes like the wild cat with which it shares some genes.
According to a profile of the Purina pet food company, these cats can grow up to £ 25 and sell for up to $ 25,000, although if the litter is not the first generation, the kittens are sold at a much lower price.
They can be trained to walk on a leash and play boarding like a dog, but they still have “strong hunting instincts” and the company advises against keeping them in homes with smaller pets.
Their heights vary, but Savannah cats can grow up to 43 centimeters.
They are much smaller than cougars, but given the wildlife in Vancouver Metro – without African wild cats, of course, but from time to time there are lynx, lynx or cougar – it is understandable how the jump was made.
A video taken of the cat and sent to CTV News shows a tall cat shaped more like a wild cat than a traditional cat as he walks and runs. His gait is more what an observer would expect to see from a wild animal than from a domestic cat.
Police said they managed to catch the cat and bring it home, adding that there was no risk to the public.
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