Current:Home > MarketsA wild cat native to Africa and Asia is captured in a Chicago suburb -Summit Capital Strategies
A wild cat native to Africa and Asia is captured in a Chicago suburb
View
Date:2025-04-18 09:26:43
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — A wild cat that’s native to Africa and parts of Asia has been captured after roaming around a Chicago suburb.
Authorities used a pole with a cord on the end to lasso and cage the caracal Tuesday from beneath the deck of a home in Hoffman Estates, about 33 miles (53 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.
The large cat was first spotted in the area last week.
A Wisconsin animal sanctuary was expected to pick up the unharmed caracal, which will “have a healthy and happy life far away from Hoffman Estates,” police said.
Jan Hoffman-Rau told WBBM-TV that she took photos of the cat in her backyard on Friday morning.
“Then it starts coming up on my deck, jumped on my deck, actually looked at me through the window,” she said.
Native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and India, caracals prey on rodents, other small mammals and birds. It’s not clear how the caracal came to be on the loose in Hoffman Estates.
In 2021, a suburban Detroit woman was ticketed and ordered to find another home for her four African caracals after one of the wild cats escaped from its enclosure.
Police in Bloomington, Illinois, shot and killed a caracal in 2019 after it had escaped from its owner and scratched a woman and her daughter. That cat also tried to attack a medium-sized dog. The caracal was shot after acting erratically and approaching police and a group of bystanders.
veryGood! (3735)
Related
- 'Kraven the Hunter' spoilers! Let's dig into that twisty ending, supervillain reveal
- Donald De La Haye, viral kicker known as 'Deestroying,' fractures neck in UFL game
- Ending an era, final Delta 4 Heavy boosts classified spy satellite into orbit
- Biden's new student loan forgiveness plan could help 30 million borrowers. Here's who would qualify.
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- Texas power outage map: Powerful storm leaves over 100,000 homes, businesses without power
- Texas Attorney General sues to stop guaranteed income program for Houston-area residents
- See Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix's Dark Transformations in Joker: Folie à Deux First Trailer
- Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
- Catholic Church blasts gender-affirming surgery and maternal surrogacy as affronts to human dignity
Ranking
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- Real Madrid and Man City draw 3-3 in frantic 1st leg of Champions League quarterfinals at Bernabeu
- Jackson Holliday will be first Oriole to wear No. 7 since 1988; Ripken family responds
- Tennessee Senate advances bill to arm teachers 1 year after deadly Nashville school shooting
- Tree trimmer dead after getting caught in wood chipper at Florida town hall
- The Daily Money: Inflation across the nation
- ESPN gave women's tournament big showcase it deserved. And got rewarded with big ratings.
- Mandy Moore's Style Evolution Over the Years Is One to Remember
Recommendation
The Super Bowl could end in a 'three
Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, NCAA's all-time winningest basketball coach, retires
Drake Bell “Still Reeling” After Detailing Abuse in Quiet on Set Docuseries
What to know about UConn head coach Dan Hurley, from playing to coaching
Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, NCAA's all-time winningest basketball coach, retires
Adam Silver says gambling probe of Toronto’s Jontay Porter could lead to banishment from league
Stock market today: Asian markets are mixed, Shanghai falls as Fitch lowers China’s rating outlook