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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2005serval captured in Crieve Hall neighborhood of Nashville, TN
A serval (an African wildcat, weighing about 20 pounds) was on the loose for several weeks in the Crieve Hall neighborhood of Nashville, TN, but it has now been captured http://www.wsmv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4008783. Several people had expressed fear that it might attack children or pets, but no such attacks happened. It is presumed to have caught squirrels and other rodents as food. The cat is described in the above article as a "serval mix", but the article doesn't say what other ancestry it might have.  SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > A serval (an African wildcat, weighing about 20 pounds) was on the > loose for several weeks in the Crieve Hall neighborhood of Nashville, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The cat is described in the above article as a "serval mix", but the > article doesn't say what other ancestry it might have. Housecat, maybe? I've read of bobcats mating with feral domestic cats - they aren't that far apart, genetically speaking - it's mostly a question of size. (I imagine a dachshund and a Great Dane might have their difficulties mating, too, although they could theoretically produce puppies.) Servals are bred with domestic cats to produce the hybrids known as Savannah cats. Gennie Servals are bred with domestic cats to produce the hybrids known as Savannah cats. Gennie >Servals are bred with domestic cats to produce the hybrids known as >Savannah cats. > >Gennie Yes, when I saw this I was wondering whether it was perhaps really a Savannah, or a foundation breeder for a Savannah cattery. In any case, where were his/her people? Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War >>Servals are bred with domestic cats to produce the hybrids known as >>Savannah cats. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Savannah, or a foundation breeder for a Savannah cattery. In any >case, where were his/her people? According to the article I posted a link to, the serval's owner moved with it from California to Tennessee. The cat apparently escaped from its owner. A weight of 20 pounds does suggest a serval/domestic cat hybrid, as the serval I once saw at the zoo was probably closer to 30 pounds. Incidentally, servals can make amazing leaps into the air; the zoo serval was used in a wildlife show, and would leap seven or eight feet straight up. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >> A serval (an African wildcat, weighing about 20 pounds) was on the loose >> for several weeks in the Crieve Hall neighborhood of Nashville, TN, but [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > difficulties mating, too, although they could theoretically produce > puppies.) When I was a teenager, a neighbors tiny Maltese female was "overtaken" by a German shepherd. She had one very large dead puppy. MLB |
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