There is a Canadian Lynx roaming an Atlanta neighborhood.  I've
reprinted the text, but I'm posting the web addy of the article even
though registration is required because there are two really good
pictures people took of the lynx in their back yards; one of them with
the lynx sitting on a deck looking pretty unconcerned.  What a
beautiful cat. I hope they can capture it safely and put it in an
appropriate environment.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/0604/03wildcat.html

     Wildcat takes on Buckhead address

     By MILO IPPOLITO
     The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
     Published on: 06/02/04

     A big, hairy wildcat of some sort is loose in Buckhead.
     It's no figment of the imagination. Woodrow Vaughan snapped
     its picture on Memorial Day, the most recent sighting,
     as it sat on the back deck of his house, looking in.
     Vaughan said the animal is about as big as a golden
     retriever.      

     "I sort of hollered at it, and it just stared at
     me," Vaughan said. "Sasquatch," as folks around
     the Mount Paran neighborhood are calling it,
     during the past week has walked up to families
     in their yards, startling many but injuring no one.

     Some suspect it is a stray exotic pet because
     it seems to like being around people.
     But the feeling is generally not mutual.
     The animal is probably a lynx, say people
     who have seen it, a wildcat native to Canada
     that eats rodents.

     "It's a really big kitty cat," said Fulton Animal
     Control director David Smith. "They do have real
     sharp teeth and real big claws and they can hurt
     you if they want."

     This one appears tame, Smith said, but could be
     dangerous because wild animals are unpredictable.
     People should not approach it, nor should they
     run away from the animal since that could provoke
     a chase. The best thing to do is ignore it, keep
     away from it and call the authorities, he said.
     According to tales circulating the wooded neighborhood
     off I-75, the animal walked up to a man as he was
     swinging his toddler in the back yard.

     The cat is said to have lunged at the child. As the
     story goes, the man fended it off with a chair,
     his wife grabbed their child, and they ran
     into the house. The cat sat on their back deck
     for a while looking in, just like at the Vaughans'.

     In another tale on a different street, a teenage baby
     sitter was at the backyard pool with an 8-year-old boy
     and his cousin. The cat sneaked up on them from behind,
     and she jumped into the pool with the boy. They swam to
     the other side, but it followed them. They all ran into
     the house, and the cat sat looking in the door.

     The stories keep growing. As do calls to the state Department
     of Natural Resources.

     "DNR apparently has been looking for this critter for a
     week," Smith said.

      Sightings should be reported to the state Department
     of Natural Resources at 770-918-6400.