An Okotoks woman has been fined $15,000 for importing African wild cats into Alberta with the intention of breeding them.

Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services says it seized one serval cat from an Alberta woman’s home on Nov. 30, 2023, ...

An Okotoks resident received a hefty fine following an investigation by Fish and Wildlife officers into the illegal import of ...

Nikki Holmes of Okotoks pleaded guilty on Jan. 15 to possession of a controlled animal under Alberta’s Wildlife Act in Calgary Provincial Court. The conviction follows an investigation by fish and ...

An Alberta woman has been fined $15,000 after she pleaded guilty to illegally importing two serval cats into the province.

An Okotoks, Alta. resident received a hefty fine following an investigation by Fish and Wildlife officers into the illegal ...

Alberta is home to wild cats such as cougars and bobcats, but typically not ones from Africa. Okotoks resident Nikki Holmes ...

An Alberta woman has been fined $15,000 after she pleaded guilty to illegally importing two of the animals, a large wild cat native to parts of sub-Saharan Africa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government ...

Alberta Fish and Wildlife says it’s illegal to import or possess the large African wild cats except under strict permits that only zoos can usually obtain. Wildlife officers found the Okotoks ...

OKOTOKS, Alta. - An Alberta woman has been fined $15,000 after she pleaded guilty to illegally importing two serval cats into the province. Alberta Fish and Wildlife says it’s illegal to ...