No, a Cheetah Wasn't Running Around Reading. It's an African Cat, Though. By Associated Press • Published November 10, 2017 • Updated on November 14, 2017 at 6:22 pm ...

READING, Pa. (AP) — Police captured a big African cat, resembling a cheetah, running loose through the streets of a Pennsylvania city. Reports about the spotted feline started coming in on Nov ...

Although the cat appeared to be a young cheetah, it's actually a serval, a different wild African cat that has no business running around Pennsylvania in November either.

Nov. 9 (UPI) --Animal control officers summoned to a Pennsylvania neighborhood on a report of a "cheetah" running loose ended up capturing a different exotic cat: an African serval. The Animal ...

READING, Pa. (AP) – Police say they captured a big African cat, resembling a cheetah, running loose through the streets of a Pennsylvania city. Skip to content. ABC27.

A suspected cheetah cub spotting in Irene that had Pretorians frantically searching for the animal on Monday morning turned out to be a Serval (tierboskat) said Rietvlei Nature Reserve.

Residents thought they saw a cheetah running free in the streets of Reading, Pennsylvania. But when authorities responded to the scene recently, they found a rare African serval cat instead.

The Animal Rescue League of Berks County took possession of an African Serval cat after it was mistaken for a cheetah by the Reading Police Department. The Animal Rescue League of Berks County ...