Missouri farmers trap what they thought was a 'crazy-looking cat' — ended up being an African serval

A wild cat that’s native to Africa was recently found and rescued from a live trap in Missouri after a farmer emailed a tip to a wildlife sanctuary that specializes in big cat care.
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, responded to the emergency rescue email and retrieved an African serval that had been living in the forested area in Ava, Missouri, which is a small rural city in the Ozark Mountains.
In a press release issued on Friday, Jan. 20, the sanctuary revealed that locals had spotted the sub-Saharan cat passing through the area in the last half year, but they didn’t know it was an exotic animal.
Missouri farmers trap what they thought was a 'crazy-looking cat' — ended up being an African serval