Cocaine Cat: Cincinnati Zoo Takes In African Serval Found With Cocaine In Its System After Owner Was Arrested
However “Cocaine Bear” The Cincinnati Zoo takes in millions, as the movie box office is booming. cocaine cat.
Tuesday was Tuesday at the Cincinnati Zoo when they announced that an African is being taken care of by Zoo staff. serval named Amiry. Amiry was the name of the cat that was caught up in a January traffic stop. The animal escaped from its owner’s vehicle and fled to a tree. According to animal welfare specialists, the cat was positive for cocaine.
“The serval has been receiving veterinary care in our Animal Health Center since he was brought here,” According to the Zoo, they made the following statement to local press outlet Fox 19 Tuesday. “He’s doing well, and the next step will be for our Cat Ambassador Program team to work with him and determine if he’s a good fit to be an ambassador animal. He will likely be behind the scenes for a while.”
The cat was first found by police during a traffic stop in January 28. The cat ran into a tree while police were trying to arrest the owner. Initial reports indicated that the cat was a leopard. The Hamilton County Dog Warden and Cincinnati Animal CARE were called to save it.
Ray Anderson, a spokesperson for Cincinnati Animal CARE said that rescuers were not sure at the beginning what was going on. Anderson said that Anderson believed the animal was an F1 Savannah. It is a mixed breed cat, which Anderson believes came from breeding two domestic cats and one serval. According to shelter workers, the rescuers handed over the serval after they had spoken with an exotic cat expert. “‘I’d rather deal with a tiger.'” They were informed by a toxicology report that the cat had tested positive for cocaine.
“It did come back positive for cocaine,” Anderson stated. “Now, we can’t say how the animal got the cocaine in the system. I don’t know if it was environmental or experimental.”
“Hindsight being 20/20, it probably would have involved a whole lot more people,” Anderson added.
During rescue, however, the leg of the serval was broken. “In the process of getting the cat out of the tree… obviously, the cat didn’t want to get out of the tree… and our officers were working really hard to make sure they didn’t lose the cat in the process… Yeah, the leg was broken in the process,” Anderson recounted.
For further medical treatment, the cat was taken to Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo informed WLWT The zoo will soon have Amiry as a Cat Ambassador. He will be working with trainers. The zoo will keep Amiry hidden from the general public, however, if he cooperates with trainers, they plan to keep him.
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The sub-Saharan African Servals are native. They are between 21-24 inches in height and can weigh from 20-40 lbs. They can leap up to seven feet, as well as climb trees up as high at 30 feet.
All of this happens while “The Movie” is playing.Cocaine BearThe film “” is now in theaters across the nation. It was released on February 24, one month after the first rescue of the cat. Based loosely on the true story of 175-pound cat. Andrew Thornton was a well-known drug dealer who dropped cocaine from a plane into a duffel bag and then killed a black bear. The film shows that the bear does not simply go on to die but experiences a rampage of cocaine-fueled death before he finally succumbs.
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