Caracals, an internationally protected species, are native to Africa, the Middle East and India, per the Smithsonian’s ...

A caracal cat, which can reach up to 40 pounds and is native to Africa and Asia, was captured Tuesday after roaming through a ...

A caracal that had recently been on the loose in a suburban Chicago neighborhood has officially been captured, nearly 24 ...

Jan Hoffman-Rau said she was flabbergasted when she spotted the wild cat hanging out in her backyard on Friday morning.

Police in the Northwest suburbs issued a statement Tuesday saying a stray animal had been spotted in the area -- but it's not your typical housecat.

A wild cat was on the loose in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago.A Caracal was locatedunder a resident's deck in Hoffman ...

The search for an exotic cat in Chicago's northwest suburbs has come to an end. "The cat was hiding under a resident's deck ...

Local residents of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, have been told by police not to feed the cat as officers attempt to track it down.

Authorities used a pole with a cord on the end to lasso and cage the caracal from beneath the deck of a home in Hoffman ...

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 ...