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he exotic cat – known as a serval – tested positive for cocaine after being rescued in Cincinnati, according to animal control officials. Servals are medium-sized wild cats native to sub-Saharan Africa. The serval, named Amiry, was rescued at the end of January after escaping from a vehicle during a police stop and climbing a tree, according to a March 9 Facebook post from Cincinnati Animal CARE, which responded to the incident. Ray Anderson, the shelter’s community engagement manager, told CNN that the cat’s owner had been pulled over by police for an unrelated traffic violation. Hamilton County Dog Wardens,...

A wild serval cat, the second one found wandering around West Seattle in the past three weeks, was on its way to Sara's Sanctuary in Redmond on Friday. Terri Miner, the owner of the sanctuary, is working long hours to build a new enclosure. She knows what she's in for; it will be the third serval for her shelter. The elegant cats with long legs and graceful necks look like miniature cheetahs or leopards. They come from Africa and, like other exotic animals, are illegal to own in Seattle. "You can't put a serval with another animal. You can't put...