Urus, our servalLeptailurus serval

Urus

An African savannah cat. Servals should never be kept as pets.

Meet & Greet available
Close-up portrait of Urus, the serval cat at Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary
About

About the species

Servals are wild African cats. In the United States and elsewhere, they are sometimes bred with domestic cats to produce Savannah cats. They are not pets and should not be treated as such.

Urus is our resident serval. He is fed his daily chick or quail using tongs by the head keeper.

Quick facts

Worth knowing

  • Africa

    Origin

  • Never

    Pet?

Gallery

More photos

  • Urus the serval with his mouth open at Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary
  • Urus the serval sitting on a raised platform in his enclosure
  • Urus the serval cat in his enclosure at Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary
At the sanctuary

Day to day

Named residents

  • Urus
Up close

Meet & Greet

Meet & Greet experiences are booked by phone, not online.

On the serval Meet & Greet, you use tongs to feed Urus his daily chick or quail with the head keeper. Thirty minutes, age 10 and over.