Injured bobcat on US 301 in Hillsborough County [FL] bites woman trying to come to its aid

WPTV ^ | April 13, 2012 | Brad Davis,

[Daffynition]

RIVERVIEW, Fla. - An adult bobcat caused quite a scene around 8:30 Thursday morning on US 301 just south of Symmes Rd. in Riverview.

A 911 took a call from a motorist.

"People are trying to catch a bobcat in the median. A bobcat? Yea, there's a bobcat and everybody's getting out of their cars and they're trying to catch this cat," said the unidentified female driver.

[FreedomPoster]

Not a Darwin event, but not for lack of trying and stupidity.

[GOYAKLA]

Hi Gal, just checking to see if you are all right?
Just thinking of you after reading this story.
Best to you.

[Jack Hydrazine]

What is it with these cat ladies? They hoard them in their houses, they try to pick up injured, wild ones, plus they feed the bears.

Colorado woman who fed bears is killed by one
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/aug/12/nation/na-bear-attack12

Anyone remember thins headline back in February?

Ballet dancer Zina Bethune dies after being hit by two cars and dragged 600ft along road as she stopped to help wounded possum
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100821/Zina-Bethune-dead-Former-ballet-dancer-dies-hit-2-cars-helping-possum.html

Ladies, just stay in your cars and just keep driving!

[Defiant]

Really? I have not heard any accounts of bobcat attacks. I know they fight like hell if cornered, but scratch, claw and bite, not deadly back of the neck type attacks. We used to believe that mountain lions would not attack people but now that they are no longer hunted, they will on occasion. I have never heard of an attack on a human for purposes of predation, and I have never heard of an attack being successful.

The ones around here are pretty small, but I have seen pictures of the ones from Canada, and they are quite large. I could see those kitties being dangerous.

[JRandomFreeper]

Those guys look almost like the 1/4 bobcat, 1/4 maine coon, 1/2 F4 bengal kittens that the 3rd ex and I had. Great catz, but tough as nails.

I certainly wouldn't try to pick one up if it was injured, even if I had a few spare units of blood available.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

Not too smart with scared/injured domestics, either. I've been clawed and bitten by kittens rescued from a filling drain who were freaked out. No time to get gloves, they were gonna die. Wound up adopting them.

Also bitten by a dog that got his foot stuck between boards on a deck and freaked out. Wound up spraying ether into a paper grocery bag and putting over the little yapper until he calmed down enough to cover with a quilt so he could be extricated.

/johnny

[KarlInOhio]

It could have been worse. Someone could have just mailed her a bobcat at random.

[Mmogamer]

Dang even a possum will eat you alive, or a raccoon
much less a bobcat.

[Terry Mross]

One of the most beautiful animals on the planet. When I was a kid growing up in rural Arkansas bobcats were seen all the time.

Reminds me of Jerry Clower: “Wooooo! Shoot this thang!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AX9QoFhEhI

[Salamander]

Dying deer get cold.

Those Lyme-toting ticks gotta go somewhere, I reckon.

[eccentric]

"She just made matters worse. Now the animal has to be put down to analyze it’s brain tissue for rabies."

Not necessarily. I was bit by a cat that I was trying to help. The cat is now thriving with a friend and the rabies vaccinations are no big deal anymore, just three shots in the butt, several weeks apart. Hurts the wallet more.

[PowderMonkey]

"Pound for pound a Bobcat is Hell on 4 legs. I’m sorry someone got bit but stupidity is often expensive."

Oh yeah...We had a (rabid) Bobcat walk into a deer camp here a few years back, in broad daylight. It kicked the snot out of five guys before anybody could get a gun into action. Somebody managed to grab a section of 2x4 from his pickup truck, and put a stop to the beat down they were getting from the cat. They said it was like dealing with a furry run away chain saw.

[dainbramaged]

Years ago two male raccoons were in a nasty fight on the beach in front of our home - one of our guests suggested we break it up. I said go ahead, I’ll drive you to the hospital afterwards.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Experiential learning is not always pleasant. :)

[wardaddy]

People are so ignorant

Bobcats have killed toddlers

Got one on my wall....used to spit bolts

No more

[wardaddy]

People are so ignorant

Bobcats have killed toddlers

Got one on my wall....used to spit bolts

No more

[Daffynition]

Why do you have a stuffed toddler on your wall?

{sorry...couldn’t resist.....running......ducking]

[Daffynition]

Exactly.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

The same is true for your own pet...if they have been injured...they may turn on you/owner.