Council: Pet lynx must go

A three-year battle over a Baltimore County man?s pet Siberian lynx appeared to be drawing to an end as lawmakers adopted legislation forcing the man to find a new home for his beloved Puddy.

Members of the County Council passed a proposal targeting Dan Vitilio, 47, who owns a 15-acre ranch in Kingsville, where he exhibits about 200 permitted wild animals. The county in 2005 denied Vitilio a permit to keep the 48-pound lynx, and the ruling was upheld at several levels, most recently by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.