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Ezekiel Elliott's dad facing 21 counts over exotic African cat that was killed by police

The father of Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott is facing 21 charges after he allegedly illegally owned and released a wild African cat that attacked a neighbor’s dog and was later fatally shot by police.

According to The Columbus Dispatch, Stacy Elliott, aka Stacy El-Muhammad, faces nine charges from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and 12 charges from other Ohio agencies.

El-Muhammad allegedly set cat free in Ohio suburb

Sheriff’s deputies searched a Columbus-area property owned by El-Muhammad on Oct. 13 after responding to a call that a bobcat was attacking a neighbor’s dog, according to the Dispatch.