Cat was found wandering in
Florida suburbs in JanuarySpong faces 23 charges over failure to care for big cat The heavyweight boxer Tyrone Spong has had 23 charges filed against him over the escape of an “extremely dangerous” cougar in Florida.
According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, wildlife officers had to tranquilize the 60lbs cat in January after it was found sunbathing on a driveway before jumping into a backyard in
Parkland, Broward County. It was initially thought to be an endangered Florida panther but was subsequently identified as a captive-bred cougar. Cougars rarely attack humans but they have killed people in the the western
United States in the past, most recently in Oregon in 2018.