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 ...

An endangered wild cat spotted wandering through Hoffman Estates in recent days was captured by police Tuesday morning and soon will be on its way to an animal sanctuary in Wisconsin. The caracal, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Police are asking the public not to approach or feed the wild cat. Hoffman Estates Police Department. Police are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for an exotic wild cat spotted roaming ...

The Erie Zoo's 11½-year-old caracal, Onkwani, was euthanized due to a heart-based mass. Onkwani initially responded well to treatment for fluid buildup around his heart but later declined. (This story ...