A caracal cat, which can reach up to 40 pounds and is native to Africa and Asia, was captured Tuesday after roaming through a ...

Jan Hoffman-Rau said she was flabbergasted when she spotted the wild cat hanging out in her backyard on Friday morning.

An exotic caracal cat seen wandering loose in a Chicago suburb for the past few days was safely captured by animal control ...

An endangered wild cat spotted wandering through Hoffman Estates in recent days has been captured, police said Tuesday. The ...

Police in the northwestern suburb said Monday that the caracal was last seen on Della Drive and the Hilldale Golf Course. The ...

Though it might be tempting to try to pet it, remember it’s about four times bigger than a house cat and a whole lot wilder.

Caracals, an internationally protected species, are native to Africa, the Middle East and India, per the Smithsonian’s ...

Residents of a Chicago suburb are being warned to keep an eye out for a caracal, a species of wild cat native to Asia and ...

A wild cat that’s native to Africa and parts of Asia has been captured after roaming around Hoffman Estates. Authorities used ...

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 ...

The animal was later identified as a caracal, a wild cat native to Africa and Asia – known for its agility and speed, but not so much for lurking in backyards in Illinois or anywhere in the U.S ...