Amiry the serval was rescued from a tree in Cincinnati in January. A DNA test confirmed his species, while a narcotics test confirmed his exposure to cocaine.
Ray Anderson/Cincinnati Animal Care
You’ve probably heard of Cocaine Bear, the box-office hit about a black bear’s drug-fueled feeding frenzy. But have you heard of “cocaine cat?”
The phrase started trending on Twitter on Thursday. Like the movie, it’s based on a true story — only this one is about a wild cat that was captured in Cincinnati and turned out to have cocaine in its system.
- the serval was rescued from a tree in Cincinnati in January. A DNA test confirmed his species, while a narcotics test confirmed his exposure to cocaine.
Ray Anderson/Cincinnati Animal Care
You’ve probably heard of Cocaine Bear, the box-office hit about a black bear’s drug-fueled feeding frenzy. But have you heard of “cocaine cat?”
The phrase started trending on Twitter on Thursday. Like the movie, it’s based on a true story — only this one is about a wild cat that was captured in Cincinnati and turned out to have cocaine in its system.
Amiry the serval was rescued from a tree in Cincinnati in January. A DNA test confirmed his species, while a narcotics test confirmed his exposure to cocaine.
Ray Anderson/Cincinnati Animal Care
You’ve probably heard of Cocaine Bear, the box-office hit about a black bear’s drug-fueled feeding frenzy. But have you heard of “cocaine cat?”
The phrase started trending on Twitter on Thursday. Like the movie, it’s based on a true story — only this one is about a wild cat that was captured in Cincinnati and turned out to have cocaine in its system.
Unlike the movie, this story isn’t set in the 1980s — it happened earlier this year. It was only made public recently for legal reasons, explains Ray Anderson with the Cincinnati Animal Care shelter.
“Coming on the heels of the Cocaine Bear movie, we’re not surprised it has gone viral,” he told NPR via email.
The protagonist of this particular tale is a serval named Amiry.
The capture
The big cat was kept as a pet and escaped from his owner’s car during a police stop in January, according to Anderson.
