After one animal-loving driver saw a terrified kitten in the middle of a busy highway, they pulled over immediately since the tiny creature wouldn’t last much longer without getting hit.
Incredibly, the driver managed to run onto the highway and scoop up the cat before either of them got squished. At first, the tiny kitten looked like a lost or stray house cat, but once back in the car, the driver noticed a few strange features on the cat. It had an oddly short and stumpy tail, pointy ears, and wide eyes and realized it was a wild bobcat kitten.
The rescuer immediately put the kitten in a cardboard box and taped it up in fear that it would attack, and brought it straight to the vet, where they confirmed the baby was a wild bobcat. Jamie Veronica from Big Cat Rescue later came to pick the kitten up and get her the care she needed.
“We had to un-tape that box and put on some really thick work gloves so that we could transfer her to our crate. She was very feisty right off from the start. She didn’t want to be picked up, so she was hissing and growling and nipping at the gloves,” said Veronica, who explained that that was a good sign. “We don’t want them to be nice or friendly towards people. So she was being exactly what she should be — a wild bobcat.”
“A lot of times, when they’re doing a lot of development in the area, it displaces the animals that live in that forest. They start to move to try to find new territories to live in, and start crossing roads that they normally wouldn’t, and during that time they can get easily separated from their parents if there are cars going by,” said Veronica, who plans to rehabilitate the kitten and let her grow for about two months before releasing her back into the wild.
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[Featured image: Big Cat Rescue]
Woman Saves Wild Baby Bobcat From Busy Highway is an article from: LifeDaily