The cougar, an 11-month-old female named Sasha, was removed from the home with help from the New York City Police Department, according to the statement from the Wildlife Conservation Society.
"I’ve never seen a cougar in the wild, but I’ve seen them on leashes, smashed into cages, and crying for their mothers when breeders rip them away. I’ve also seen the heartbreak of owners, like in this case, after being sold not just a wild animal, but a false dream that they could make a good ‘pet,’" said Kelly Donithan, the director of animal disaster response for the Humane Society of the United States, who was on the scene.
"This cougar is relatively lucky that her owners recognized a wild cat is not fit to live in an apartment or any domestic environment. The owner’s tears and nervous chirps from the cougar as we drove her away painfully drives home the many victims of this horrendous trade and myth that wild animals belong anywhere but the wild," Donithan said.
The NYSDEC and NYPD worked to coordinate the safe removal of the big cat from the home and transport her to the Bronx Zoo where she was cared for by veterinarians and animal care staff over the weekend until her transport to an Arkansas animal sanctuary.It's unclear what neighborhood or what kind of housing situation the cougar was living in.
Shea thanked officers from the emergency service unit and the Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad, who assisted police., which would"strengthen existing laws to prohibit the breeding and possession of big cat species such as lions, tigers, cheetahs and jaguars," the Wildlife Conservation Society statement said.
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