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Woman mistakenly rescues a bobcat
MSN ^ | Unknown | VetStreet

Posted on 01/03/2013 1:18:16 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at living.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bobcat; kittyping; maine
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To: Altariel

There’s a Jerry Cloward story in here somewhere.


61 posted on 01/03/2013 6:40:20 PM PST by stboz
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To: packrat35

Maine Coon cats are VERY NICE! Never had one but have known and admired a few.


62 posted on 01/03/2013 6:44:48 PM PST by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: Hammerhead

I believed you the first time.


63 posted on 01/03/2013 7:02:36 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: Lady Jag

The Maine Coons I have known are mild natured & love to play.


64 posted on 01/03/2013 7:19:47 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: driftdiver
She took it to a vet to have it checked out. They told her it was a rat.

Yes, she’s blonde.

My brother once pulled what he thought was a rabbit out of our cat's mouth (wasn't easy; that cat fought hard).

Turned out it to be a rat. Which promptly bit my brother. We had to take him to the doctor for a tetanus shot.

65 posted on 01/03/2013 7:40:08 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: elcid1970

Yep, that’s been my experience.


66 posted on 01/03/2013 7:55:34 PM PST by Lady Jag (If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat. - Reagan)
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To: TheOldLady

Indeed. She did what she could.


67 posted on 01/03/2013 8:45:25 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Duchess47

Presumably, in a self-defense move, the dying animal hid under the van, trying to escape someone it perceived as a threat before it was turned over to veterinary care.

Upon being examined by a veterinarian, it was determined that the wounds received by the bobcat were terminal—the bobcat would have died slowly if not immediately put out of its misery.


68 posted on 01/03/2013 9:06:58 PM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Lynx and bobcat are not the same species.


69 posted on 01/03/2013 9:10:09 PM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Lady Jag

We have a little 18 pounder that sleeps with us at night.


70 posted on 01/03/2013 9:40:25 PM PST by packrat35 (Admit it! We are almost ready to be called a police state!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

“I love when Tommy Boy and Richard put that KO’ed deer in Richard’s car.”

You’ll think this is hilarious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hT6QY8X63Y

[Warning: bad language]


71 posted on 01/03/2013 10:16:16 PM PST by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Altariel

That makes sense of course - it’s just that the way it’s written, you have to guess at all of that. I don’t believe that the writer is going to go very far in this world. He/she can’t convey simple progression of events at all.


72 posted on 01/03/2013 10:39:42 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Altariel

My hubby had a firefighter buddy who did the same thing only with a cougar (the kind in Florida). He was going to take it to a wildlife rescue facility. When it “came to” he had to slam on the brakes and jump out of the truck to escape. The thing tore up the entire inside of the truck!


73 posted on 01/03/2013 10:58:36 PM PST by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: Altariel

On Veteran’s Day I was drinking a glass of water in my kitchen and looked out the window to see a bobcat jump into the bushes. We live ten miles form down town Seattle in a suburb next to a 100 acre park. I grabbed my camera and sneaked outside, but the kitty was gone.

After doing research I learned that others had seen bob cats in near by towns.

I made this Pin Interest page Wild Cats of the West. http://pinterest.com/garjog/wild-cats-of-the-west/


74 posted on 01/03/2013 11:15:10 PM PST by garjog (Heroes Died. Obama Lied.)
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To: Altariel

A bob cat walks into a bar ... really.

http://pinterest.com/pin/553802085397927659/


75 posted on 01/03/2013 11:16:42 PM PST by garjog (Heroes Died. Obama Lied.)
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To: Altariel; All
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76 posted on 01/03/2013 11:38:59 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Hammerhead

77 posted on 01/03/2013 11:46:45 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Altariel

78 posted on 01/03/2013 11:48:18 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: culper jr

79 posted on 01/03/2013 11:59:29 PM PST by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: Daffynition

“Death, be not proud.”


80 posted on 01/04/2013 1:02:25 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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