3 wildcats escape wildlife center after tree falls on pen during windstorms; 1 still missing
By Tom Dougherty, Stephanie Ballesteros
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Pennsylvania (KYW) — The search remains for one of three wildcats that escaped from a Berks County, Pennsylvania, wildlife center after a storm knocked a tree onto their pen earlier this month.
Windstorms rolled through Berks County on Nov. 5, damaging several enclosures at the Cricket Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Alburtis. The wildlife center said its African Serval enclosures took the worst damage.
Three African Servals escaped after a tree toppled their pen. According to a social media post on Nov.6, the three wildcats are the wildlife center’s last three from its time doing cat rescue.
The wildlife center said the wildcats are old and are not a danger to humans or pets.
“Please do not harm them,” the wildlife center wrote on Facebook.
Since then, two cats have been caught, but one remains missing. The wildlife center said the latest sighting of the African serval was near the Berks County Memorial Gardens in Fleetwood. She has also been spotted on Maidencreek Road, Pleasant Hill Road, Lake Shore Drive, Water Street, Springfield Drive and walking along 222.
The center said nearby farmers have seen her hunting mice and rats and eating leftover cat food, suggesting she’s in good condition.
The wildlife center is asking anyone in the Alburtis or Berks County area who spots the animal to call them at 717-381-9893.
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