Saturday, July 09, 2011

Bobcats feast on neighborhood cats - Albuquerque

People thought the momma bobcat and baby were cute and cuddly, until they started realizing their own cats were disappearing. Fiday Game and Fish nabbed the culprits that have been feasting on pets in that northeast heights neighborhood. Neighbors in the Tramway and Paseo area said they are used to wildlife roaming the streets, but these little guys took more than just a stroll through the neighborhood. Neighbor Lauri Michael said, “I thought I saw a neighborhood cat but it was much larger than a neighborhood cat and it jumped the wall and I noticed that the tail was bobbed.” Michael said the wild cats seemed a bit more brazen than in years past. “We heard some commotion on our roof, and we heard other neighbors say that the bobcats can actually climb up on the roof, and we found evidence to that fact that they left behind.” But climbing roofs wasn’t all they were doing. “I know they have gotten the neighbors cats,” Mike Tullai said. “A neighbor had a cat snatched right before her by the bobcat,” said Michaels...more

Here's the KRQE-TV video report:

Bobcats feast on neighborhood cats: krqe.com

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