Mystery Cat on the Prowl in Simi Valley

By Madeleine Brand

Published February 21, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST

A large exotic cat is on the loose in the Simi Valley region north of Los Angeles. Officials believe the animal could be a lion or a tiger. NPR's Madeleine Brand speaks with Patrol Captain Roland Takayama of the California Department of Fish and Game.

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Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).