‘I’ve a bobcat in my automotive’: Watch as a sport warden will get it out

Police in Portage County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday evening needed to name in “reinforcements” — that may be Wisconsin Division of Pure Assets warden Bryan Lockman — after the automotive’s proprietor reported, “I’ve a bobcat in my automotive.”

Stated county Sheriff Mike Lucas, “You may solely think about what everybody was considering on the time, so once they dispatched over the radio quite a few deputies had been curious.” Three deputies responded to the placement, he stated, and had been in “shock” to seek out the animal wedged behind the entrance grille of a Toyota.

“My deputies are actually good at fixing issues, however this one baffled them so we referred to as in reinforcements,” Lukas stated.

A video clip exhibits Lockman and an assistant coaxing the bobcat from behind the grille of the automotive with an animal management pole. The pole permits the creature to be held at a secure distance whereas being transported. The feline was positioned in a truck — underneath protest, however unhurt — and could be launched ultimately.

It was unclear whether or not the bobcat had been struck by the automotive or if it had climbed into the entrance grille by itself. In fact home cats wish to climb into heat engine bays, so possibly a bobcat does too? And it isn’t unusual for wildlife to be caught on the highway and trapped in grilles, reminiscent of this unlucky owl, this unwily coyote, and sure, this different bobcat — all of which, fortunately, had been freed of their predicament after taking lengthy, terrifying rides. 

Nevertheless the cat acquired there, it was “all in a day’s work on the Portage County Sheriff’s Workplace,” Lucas stated.