What affects us affects cats
Do bobcats eat snakes? Yes, is the answer although the bobcat’s diet is dominated by rabbits or hares throughout much of its range. It depends where the bobcat is as to its diet, by which I mean the range of animals on its menu because where he/she lives dictates the availability of prey items. …
I am probably being far too cynical and un-trusting. In the video below you will hear the story of three, tiny, 13 ounce, new-born American bobcat kittens who were brought into a veterinarian’s clinic with a request to the vet tech that she/he raise the kittens (and I presume socialise them) so that they …
Possible best reason: My current thinking years later is that the tail is very short because a long tail would drag in the snow and hinder movement and the cat’s welfare. All anatomical characteristics have an evolutionary reason and this one seems to be the most obvious. Below are earlier thoughts on the bobtail. …
The bobcat shares many habitats with other carnivores because its distribution is very wide in North America and Mexico. Coyotes and pumas are known to kill bobcats occasionally. Another predator which can share the same habitat is the wolf. The wolf shares part of the bobcat’s northern range. It would seem that the preferred …
You may remember that the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission (‘the Commission’) made a decision, in a close vote, to make it legal to hunt and trap bobcats in the state despite overwhelming opposition from the public. The Commission’s decision has been reviewed, in the usual way, by the Joint Legislative Committee on …
There are several reasons why California has banned the trapping of bobcats. The underlying and most important reason is a change in attitude by the public to this outdated, diminishing business. Trapping bobcats is a cruel process and the “harvested” product, the animal’s skin, is sold to supply fur markets in Russia, China and …
Here are some charming photos of a bobcat in the yard of Laurel’s parent’s house. The Twitter hashtag is #yyc which I believe refers to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The photo credits go to V. Galloway. Laurel’s Twitter page. It is great to see a bobcat feeling secure enough to rest in someone’s yard. Is …
This is a moral and ethical dilemma as much as a practical problem. Big Cat Rescue (BCR), a controversial wild cat sanctuary in Tampa, Florida run by Carole Baskin, say that they have to feed specially bred live rabbits to two captive bobcats who are destined to be returned to the wild because it …
