Cougar Kept as Illegal Pet Removed From NYC Home

Cougar Kept as Illegal Pet Removed From NYC Home
A COVID-19 testing site is seen in a parking lot at the Bronx Zoo in New York on April 23, 2020. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
The Associated Press
Updated:

The NYPD helped remove an 80-pound cougar from a New York City apartment where she was kept illegally as a pet, animal welfare officials said Monday.

The owners in the Bronx realized the 11-month-old female wild cat was not fit to live in an apartment and surrendered the animal last week.