Stacy El-Muhammad, the father of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, faces 21 charges stemming from improperly keeping a serval, a wild cat native to Africa.
Per Sheridan Hendrix of the Columbus Dispatch, the Ohio Department of Agriculture has already filed nine charges against El-Muhammad stemming from an Oct. 13 incident when neighbors near his home reported the serval was attacking a dog.
Eight of the nine charges El-Muhammad currently faces are first-degree misdemeanors. The other charge of intentionally releasing an exotic animal and allowing it to escape is a fifth-degree felony.