Woman mistakenly rescues a bobcat

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[Altariel]

Thinking that she accidentally hit a large cat just after midnight Wednesday with her van, a woman in Veazie, Maine, put the unconscious animal in her vehicle to get it help.

But after driving for several miles, she realized that this was no ordinary house cat: it was a wild bobcat.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Like the movie Danny Boy, but with a bobcat!

[Gefn]

Very very big Kitty Ping

[Hardraade]

The Katzenjammer kids would find a use for it...

[left that other site]

“Yooz are NOT the gentlekitty I Wuz Expectin!”....

Blanche DuBois
Kitty Caddy Named Desire
Act 2

[dfwgator]

Anyone who has seen the Charlotte Bobcats play basketball, know that they’re beyond rescuing.

[rockvillem]

Danny Boy took the theme from one of the great original viral links/audio from the earlier days of the Internet - the deer, the dog, and the bambulance. That audio was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the headline - we’re on the same page!

[Gefn]

a cougar with a cougar?

[TheBattman]

Genius...

[jiggyboy]

eh, it happens...

fayetteville > CAT FOUND! Originally Posted: Sat, 29 Nov 21:25 EST

CAT FOUND!

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Date: 2008-11-29, 9:25PM EST

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I found this guy the other day on my back porch. I tried feeding him and it turns out that he is not very friendly because i think he may be scared. Not quite sure the breed but I am assuming he is part Siamese. I have him in a crate because he is not really house broken. If he is yours please reply.

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[Slings and Arrows]

Whoops!

[TADSLOS]

Reminds me of a certain eyeglass commercial.

[Slings and Arrows]

Whoops!

[Hammerhead]

Old timer I shared an office with a number of years ago told me about the time in the 50s when he and some buddys trapped a bobcat and then stuffed it in a big suitcase.

They then went down the ‘disadvanted’ section of town (Green Hills in Arlington, VA), set the suitcase on the sidewalk, and then hid on an overlooking bluff behind some bushes.

Sure enough big car rolls down the road....backs up, couple of guys inside, dude gets out hands in his pockets, looks around, grabs the suitcase and throws it in the back seat. Car speeds off down the road.

Well, car speeds down the road about 30 yards that is before before doors fly open, 6 people jump/roll out and take off running.

Car was still rolling down the road with no one in it and pops the curb across the small intersection and hits a building.

TRUE story.

[Hammerhead]

Old timer I shared an office with a number of years ago told me about the time in the 50s when he and some buddys trapped a bobcat and then stuffed it in a big suitcase.

They then went down the ‘disadvanted’ section of town (Green Hills in Arlington, VA), set the suitcase on the sidewalk, and then hid on an overlooking bluff behind some bushes.

Sure enough big car rolls down the road....backs up, couple of guys inside, dude gets out hands in his pockets, looks around, grabs the suitcase and throws it in the back seat. Car speeds off down the road.

Well, car speeds down the road about 30 yards that is before before doors fly open, 6 people jump/roll out and take off running.

Car was still rolling down the road with no one in it and pops the curb across the small intersection and hits a building.

TRUE story.

[Hammerhead]

Old timer I shared an office with a number of years ago told me about the time in the 50s when he and some buddys trapped a bobcat and then stuffed it in a big suitcase.

They then went down the ‘disadvanted’ section of town (Green Hills in Arlington, VA), set the suitcase on the sidewalk, and then hid on an overlooking bluff behind some bushes.

Sure enough big car rolls down the road....backs up, couple of guys inside, dude gets out hands in his pockets, looks around, grabs the suitcase and throws it in the back seat. Car speeds off down the road.

Well, car speeds down the road about 30 yards that is before before doors fly open, 6 people jump/roll out and take off running.

Car was still rolling down the road with no one in it and pops the curb across the small intersection and hits a building.

TRUE story.

[Secret Agent Man]

..and this is how we learn.

[Popman]

Just how do you pick up a bobcat and put it in your van thinking it is house cat ?

At least she was thoughtful enough not to leave it hurt

[lysie]

Many years ago there was what I thought was a small abandoned ferret in our yard. With the help of my daughter we trapped it in a Hav-a-hart. We made a cage for it and placed it in the kitchen. The "ferret" investigated our kitchen and seemed to like it here. Oh, what a nice pet it would be. UNTIL, that night/ early morning when it was screaming and gnawing like a wild animal. It turned out to be a small stoat in its winter coat.

After I posted it on FR I met our very own FR member, Stoat.

We let Ernie the ermine go. For a few years we would see him by our wood pile. Trust me. I never made that mistake again.

[wrench]

The female bobcat isn’t much bigger than a good sized house cat. A mature male is another story.