HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (WLS) -- A rare, endangered large cat was captured after being reported on the loose in the north suburbs. Hoffman Estates police captured the caracal at a home after several ...

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 ...

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, ...

Oct. 16 (UPI) --An exotic caracal cat seen wandering loose in a Chicago suburb for the past few days was safely captured by animal control officers, authorities said. The Hoffman Estates Police ...

Attention residents of the Northwest suburbs: A caracal that had recently been on the loose in a neighborhood has officially been captured, nearly 24 hours after officials warned residents of the ...

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 ...

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Police are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for an exotic wild cat spotted roaming suburban Illinois. A recent photo shows the animal, a caracal, sitting alert in what appears to be a ...

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 ...

Jaisalmer: In a major wildlife breakthrough, the rare Asian caracal—thought to be on the brink of extinction in India—has ...

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 ...

Oct. 15 (UPI) --Residents of a Chicago suburb are being warned to keep an eye out for a caracal, a species of wild cat native to Asia and Africa. The Hoffman Estates Police Department said the caracal ...