Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott’s dad was hit with 21 charges Tuesday for the alleged illegal purchase of an African wild cat that attacked a neighbor’s dog in Ohio two months ago, a report said.

Stacy Elliott’s midsized, spotted feline — called a serval — was shot dead by authorities after the pooch attack on Oct. 12. The animal had been terrorizing the elder Elliott’s Canal Winchester neighborhood for two days before the fatal episode, according to a local NBC affiliate.

When first questioned, Stacy claimed to authorities that he was just housing the serval, but didn’t own it, according to USA Today.

But investigators from the Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office later used a microchip implanted in the cat to determine Stacy had, in fact, purchased the serval, the report said.

He did not possess the proper permits to own the animal in Ohio, authorities said.

Nine of the 21 charges Stacy faces were brought against him by the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

Some of the charges include failure to notify of dangerous wild animal escape, possession of a dangerous wild animal and failure to obtain a dangerous wild animal permit.