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Couple Who Illegally Kept Rooftop-Roaming Panther Named Louise Says They Saw Animal as Their "Big, Affectionate Baby"
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The former owner of a black panther was sentenced on Thursday in Lille to 18 months' suspended imprisonment for unauthorized detention of a wild animal. In 2019, the feline had fled through the window of the apartment where he was held, in Armentiles. Viral images showed him walking on the roofs, observing the interior of a dwelling. - Black panther on the roofs of Armentières: 18 months' suspended imprisonment for the former owner (Police, just…
Nordine B. and Nawel T. appeared this Thursday before the Lille Correctional Court for the unauthorized detention of "Louise", escaped from their home in 2019. Suspects of trafficking hovered throughout the hearing.
After a postponement of the hearing last January, the trial of the two main suspects in the case of the black panther of Armentières opened in Lille on 4 September 2025. The couple was finally sentenced to 10 000 euros fine and suspended. The animal protection associations that had formed civil parties welcome the verdict.
Images aired at the time showed the feline wandering in September 2019 on the edge of a brick building in Armentiles (North).
Two four-year-olds appear before the Lille court, suspected of illegal detention and trafficking in animals of a non-domesticated species
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