#350 Serval, Zucari, Surveying his Kingdom Watching his Human Servants #shorts #shortsvideo

HAPPY St. Patrick's Day! Zucari Sercal is sitting up on his platform surveying his kingdom watching room service take care of all his needs here at the sanctuary.

Zucari is a serval who was born in 2015 and came to Big Cat Rescue in 2017. Zucari’s former owner has refused to reveal who she bought him or Chaos the caracal from. Since it was illegal to have the cats in Ohio, it would implicate the seller if she did. Zucari was housed with a number of domestic and hybrid cats for the purpose of breeding hybrids for the pet trade. Some reports said he was housed with 15 other cats. The owner insisted it was only four breeding females.

While some states prohibit the possession of servals they do not prohibit the possession of serval hybrids. So owners of servals claim their servals are hybrids to escape prosecution. In this case, the Ohio Department of Agriculture figured that if someone was breeding hybrids, they probably had wild cats, and they were able to surprise the owner and seize the cats. Faced with charges, the owner agreed to sign the cats over.

According to the former owner, Zucari lived in half of her garage. The owner described herself as loving the cats and felt she gave them plenty of room. This is typical of private owners who have no idea the amount of space or care that these cats require. Zucari arrived with a virus that can be life-threatening if it mutates. The virus is common in these catteries, due to the overcrowded conditions and lack of fresh air and sunshine. The owner said she knew about it but had not come up with a way to deal with it, other than just give away the infected cats. Hopefully, the virus will not mutate and Zucari will enjoy many years here.

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