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Bobcat attacked FL woman
kplctv.com ^ | 5 Mar 2011 | unattributed

Posted on 03/05/2011 12:35:30 PM PST by smokingfrog

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (CNN) - The search continues for a bobcat that attacked a Florida woman this week.

A man on Friday spotted an animal, believed to be the same bobcat the bit the woman in the leg.

The woman was attacked at her home on Thursday, and her husband came to the rescue.

"It came from the neighbor, jumped his fence, came across the road, bit my wife by the mailbox, jumped my fence, came under here, got my puppy, came in my garage, and attacked my puppy again. I hit it with a four-by-four, and then a broom," Rick Arnold said.

The victim got a series of rabies shots at a hospital, and is now back at home.

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To: JoeProBono

For a short time we had a panther living across the street. he was eating the wild hogs and deer.

Now we just have bobcats, otter, raccoons, possum, herons, and the hogs the panther missed.


21 posted on 03/05/2011 1:14:38 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: smokingfrog
Two times in my life I have been attacked by reasonably large vicious dogs. Both times the dog received almost infinitely worse than he gave. I say 'almost infinitely' because in both cases the dog was left alive while I received no injuries once and a minor bite the second time. To this day I think I can beat any dog (I'm sixty) and will maintain that attitude until I fight a dog and lose or become feeble, whichever comes first.

Cats are a whole 'nuther kettle of fish. They don't fight fair and have more weapons than dogs. At least they use more weapons. I don' wanna fight no cats...period...unless the cat weighs less than ten pounds or is really, really sick yet sans rabies.

22 posted on 03/05/2011 1:15:32 PM PST by stevem
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To: smokingfrog; Lazmataz
I hit it with a four-by-four, and then a broom," Rick Arnold said

I wonder if Laz would hit it?


(With or without a four by four)

23 posted on 03/05/2011 1:16:38 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: smokingfrog; driftdiver


24 posted on 03/05/2011 1:22:51 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: smokingfrog
A Bobcat in West Palm Beach.. had to be somebodys pet..
I had a friend in Ft. Lauderdale that had two Bobcats pets..
One of them was huge for a Bobcat.. the male..
25 posted on 03/05/2011 1:29:24 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: mosaicwolf

“I live in Arkansas and every time I walk my dogs, or walk to the mail box I have my S&W Mod 29 in 44 Mag on my hip. You know; just in case.”

I didn’t realize that there are bears in Arkansas.


26 posted on 03/05/2011 1:29:26 PM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: driftdiver

If called by a panther,
Don’t anther.........

Ogden Nash(?)...


27 posted on 03/05/2011 1:30:51 PM PST by Red Badger (How can anyone look at the situation in Libya and be for gun control is beyond stupid. It's suicide.)
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To: stevem
"To this day I think I can beat any dog (I'm sixty) and will maintain that attitude until I fight a dog and lose or become feeble, whichever comes first."

I tend to share this attitude. As an avid cyclist I have been chased by dogs many times. They can sense fear, but they also know when you don't show any. I'll jump off the bike if an attack seems imminent (and it is a dog I can't out sprint) and bow up at him, yelling and posturing aggressively, and so far that has always shut them down. Except one big old hound out in the country in Arkansas. He didn't seem impressed so I had to give him a whiff of pepper spray. That did it.

Cats, not so easy to scare away. Think of an 80 lb. bobkitty, probably not going to attack you. Now, a 180 lb. mountain lion, you better be armed and ready. Those things are solid muscle and fighting spirit.

28 posted on 03/05/2011 1:36:13 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (Eat the young, 100 million guppies can't be wrong.)
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To: smokingfrog

Rabis?


29 posted on 03/05/2011 1:41:50 PM PST by duffus (Deport all Aliens, Secure the Border, Recall the Troops, Shrink the Government.)
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To: Cyman

LOL I broke my coccyx once, it involved my Siberian Husky, a snow disk and too many Harvey Wallbangers. Most painful thing to break. Cannot cast it....


30 posted on 03/05/2011 1:43:18 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Cyman

I once kissed a girl on the veranda.


31 posted on 03/05/2011 1:43:45 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (Judas Iscariot - the first social justice advocate. John 12:3-6)
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To: West Texas Chuck

I was out hunting for hog and think I saw a panther a short way off through the trees. It was just a shadow about 50-75 yds off through the thick brush and trees.

I was praying he wasn’t stalking me. There is no way I would see him coming if he chose me for dinner.


32 posted on 03/05/2011 1:53:19 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
I'd just respond to "it was here first" with, 'Well, I'm also YOUR boss and since you seem to taking up for the 'first resident,' try getting HIM pay your salaries, union dues and retirement!!! See you in the bread lines guys."
33 posted on 03/05/2011 1:53:37 PM PST by zerosix (native sunflower)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Was she cute?


34 posted on 03/05/2011 1:57:12 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
I said I just want it moved out of the area, not killed you idiots.

That's the same thing as killing it.

Relocated animals rarely survive.

How would you fare if somebody snatched you off the street and dropped you off a few hundred miles from home?

If you see a bobcat near your home, there is no need to panic. Bobcats rarely attack people. However, if a bobcat does attack a human, it generally will have symptoms of rabies.

35 posted on 03/05/2011 2:04:53 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: He Rides A White Horse

Wish I was...even have pictures of the cat sitting there licking its paws in the early morning sunlight. It happened 3 times...all 3 times I was told the same thing...the cats were here first and the local building was scaring them out of their hiding spots...that they will just go find another place and that my phone calls were noted and not necessary.


36 posted on 03/05/2011 2:06:33 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Pretty fine actually in the modern world.


37 posted on 03/05/2011 2:07:49 PM PST by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
How about Beijing?

How would you do there?

38 posted on 03/05/2011 2:09:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: smokingfrog
The woman was attacked at her home on Thursday, and her husband came to the rescue.

Can't be my mother then. My father passed away in 1994.

ML/NJ

39 posted on 03/05/2011 2:28:11 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: My Favorite Headache

Did the cats call and complain when you moved there. You know they probably did not like the smell. LOL


40 posted on 03/05/2011 2:35:12 PM PST by org.whodat
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