NEWSLINK: Teacher Meets Bobcat Face-to-Face

Teacher Meets Bobcat Face-to-Face NBC 7 San Diego

He said he didn't move and looked straight into the big cat's eyes. Haas described it as muscular and about two-feet high and four-feet long. “It peered ...

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FROM THE TEXAS BOW HUNTERS FORUM

Have you seen a big cat? - TexasBowhunter.com Community Discussion ...
Back in November I was sitting in the stand when shortly after first light I heard a cat comin UNGLUED! Thought maybe two cats were fighting over breakfast so ...

Back in November I was sitting in the stand when shortly after first light I heard a cat comin UNGLUED! Thought maybe two cats were fighting over breakfast so payed it no mind. The following weekend while traveling to my stand I caught the odor. Checked it out and found the biggest male bobcat I've ever seen dead with his junk eatin off. Seen it before when a coyote gets ahold of a fox first hand back in Indiana! Hard to believe there could be a bobcat bigger than him, but God I sure hope so.

VIDEO: Rufus the Baby Bobcat Kitten - Big Cat Rescue

Rufus the Baby Bobcat Kitten - Big Cat Rescue He was taken in by Big Cat Rescue on Feb 12th 2012, he's now eating solids on his own and ... bigcatrescue.org/rufus/

SIGHTINGS CANADA: Ontario

Bobcat sighting in Tillsonburg
Tillsonburg News
For the second time since early October, a 'big cat' has been reported in the area. A bobcat was seen Wednesday morning around 10 a.m. in Tillsonburg on a trail just off Cranberry Road, north of North Street. “It was one of those oh my God moments ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Bobcat in Washington State

Bobcat Sighted in Sammamish's Hidden Ridge Neighborhood
Patch.com
The cat, which appeared to be alone, had pointy ears, and was spotted with a short, black-tipped tail. She estimated the animal weighed somewhere around 60-70 pounds. What wild neighbors have you been seeing around this week? Related Topics: Bobcat ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Bobcats in Oklahoma

Bobcat sightings up in OKC | KFOR.com – Oklahoma City News ...
By Courtney Francisco
Reports of the big cats have been traced to apartment complexes on Memorial Rd. ... Bobcats are usually twice the size of a large house cat but Holmes said they don't pose a danger and usually avoid people and their pets. From the zoo to ...

SIGHTING: Bobcat in CT.

Bobcat Spotted Near Norwalk Border
Patch.com
Darien Animal Control Officer Chip Stahl says it's a very uncommon sighting, but the big cats get spotted once or twice a year in town. When present, they can pose a small danger, but mostly to very small children, cats and smaller dogs, he said ...

Another Documented Spotting of Waterford's Big Cat - The Lymes ...
The Cross Road bobcat is quickly becoming the Waldo of Waterford.

So why the fuss?

SIGHTING: Santa Barbara, CA

A subscriber saw this big cat on the Jesusita trail yesterday. It looked too big to be a bobcat and was about the size of a medium weight hound dog.

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SIGHTINGS: Nebraska - "a report of a bobcat or mountain lion"

No big cat found after woman says she saw one cross 11th Street
Kearney Hub
KEARNEY — Buffalo County deputy sheriffs responded to a report of a bobcat or mountain lion was seen in southwest Kearney this morning. About 8:45 a.m., a woman called the 911 communications center reporting she had seen what she believed was a ...

This news report from Nebraska is quite an interesting one. According to a list of the mammals of Nebraska prepared by The Mammal Society the following felids are found in the state:

Mountain lion, Felis concolor, extirpated, (Possible)

Lynx, Lynx lynx, uncommon, prefers boreal and montane forests, but disperse onto plains during high population irruptions

Bobcat, Lynx rufus, uncommon, statewide, most abundant in areas with broken terrain which provides cover

The note reading 'possible' suggests that this sighting is not the only one in recent times, although the fact that the description is so vague it could be either "a report of a bobcat or mountain lion" is not encouraging. It is also interesting that no-one speculated that it could have been a lynx...

NEWSLINK: Most bobcats rarely survive rabies to attack people, other animals

Most bobcats rarely survive rabies to attack people, other animals
StarNewsOnline.com
But the likelihood of a large animal attacking again is extremely slim, said Jon Shaw, biologist with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The cat marked the fourth confirmed case of rabies in Brunswick County this year, one of about 20 cases in the ...