Social media boosts conservation by raising awareness of caracals, helping preserve biodiversity in urban areas.

In the state’s territorial days, hunting of the state’s three wild cat species — bobcat, lynx and mountain lion — could better be described as an unrestrained culling.

Fabio von Prickles is one of several unique animals living among the wild cats at the Carolina Animal Rescue sanctuary in Chatham County. The African crested porcupine and four coatimundis were ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --A wild cat that had been roaming the northwest suburbs for at least a few days is no longer on the prowl. Animal control officers captured the caracal in Hoffman Estates on Tuesday ...

A Wild Cat Native to Africa and Asia Is Captured in a Chicago Suburb HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — A wild cat that's native to Africa and parts of Asia has been captured after roaming around a ...

After almost a week of roaming through the suburbs of Chicago, a large, wild cat native to parts of Africa and Asia has been captured. Authorities cornered the caracal – a protected, endangered ...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WGN) – An exotic cat native to parts of Asia and Africa has been captured after it was found wandering a suburb of Chicago, police said earlier this week. The cat ...

Police are asking the public not to approach or feed the wild cat. Hoffman Estates Police Department. Police are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for an exotic wild cat spotted roaming ...

An endangered wild cat spotted wandering through Hoffman Estates in recent days was captured by police Tuesday morning and soon will be on its way to an animal sanctuary in Wisconsin. The caracal ...