Date: 2011: The data presented relates to the period before 2002. However, information relating to wildcats is often old in my experience. The general picture gleaned from compiling this chart from the excellent and highly recommended Wild Cats of the World
Two useful tags. Click either to see the articles: Toxic to cats | Dangers to cats |
| Several species of wild cat are not uncommonly kept as pets in the United States – a form of keeping wild cats in captivity. The puma and serval are probably the species that are usually domesticated. Of these there are probably more domesticated servals than cougars. The margay is reportedly a species that can be domesticated whereas the leopard cat is not. Servals do well in captivity it appears. One failure of domestication of wild cats is the usual desire to declaw the cats. Although this might reassure the “owner” this is a very poor practice as not infrequently it can leave the cat lame or worse. |
Useful tag. Click to see the articles: Cat behavior
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.