Exotic Animals in Burke County? One night an exotic 40-pound cat named Tyra ran off in downtown Morganton and the owners needed people to help find her. Who knew that you could have an exotic cat that almost looked like a cheetah in Burke County? Did we allow exotic animals at the time? Tyra’s owners had her for four years and as I was not aware that you could have exotic animals in Burke County. Many of you probably don’t know, that the mayor of Morganton did go out and fee the cat and ask about Tyra’s behavior around other people. He reported back to the City Council and told the members that the cat was not harmful and that it was friendly to him and had not been aggressive to anyone at that time. He told the owners that they would
