Imagine waking up first thing in the morning to see a wild predator in your room! This is what happened to a woman named Kristine Frank from Atlanta, Georgia. She woke up in the morning to see an African serval cat on her bed. She and her husband then managed to send the wild cat outside of the house. The couple quickly contacted some authorities on animals, the Department of Natural Resources, who deal with issues about wildlife. The keeping of exotic animals is the likely reason for it being in the neighbourhood, according to The Animal Legal Defence Fund. The State of Georgia doesn't allow such animals as pets. The serval cat was eventually found in the local area and was gently taken to a caring animal sanctuary.
The mystery is where did she come from and how did she appear in someone's house? Kristine Frank believed that it might've been during the night when she opened the back door to let the dog go outside. When the door was opened, it was possible the serval cat sneaked into the house. The serval's presence in the area could've been explained easily by the ALDF:
"the wild cat is likely in the Atlanta area because someone is keeping the feline as a pet" they said.
The woman Kristine Frank has also asked questions:
"I just think if my dog would have been in the house, what would have happened to my dog? If I had small children, what would have happened to them?"
It's just very lucky the dog wasn't there in the room with the cat. Although some people do keep serval cats as pets in States and countries where it's not illegal, there is still a risk. It's not safe to keep a serval at all in a family house with children and other animals. This touches on a very slippery debate about keeping exotic pets, and wild animals as pets including wolf hybrids. But serval cats are not domestic animals and they've certainly attacked children before. Anyone with kids should never consider adopting a serval cat.
She Wolf Night team
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