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 ...

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, ...

Editor's Note: The caracal was captured around 12 p.m. Tuesday. An updated story can be found here. Our original story continues below. Police in the Northwest suburbs issued a statement Tuesday ...

Caracals are incredibly beautiful and majestic creatures, but as wild cats, they're often misunderstood by exotic pet lovers who don't respect their true nature. Caracals are powerful hunters that don ...

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2011, file photo caracal cat Peggy, left, sits with her kittens, from right, females Aziza and Binti and male Mkuze at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore. The zoo has named the ...

CHICAGO (WBBM) — A caracal is something you might expect to see on a safari in central or southern Africa, not in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. But Hoffman Estates police said one of the exotic cats ...