1st Response Wildlife works with non-profit rehabilitation centers to ensure that young Bobcats, raised in a protected, but close-to-wildlife-conditions environment can be released humanely and safely back into the wild. These Bobcats find their way to a rehabber after found abandoned, hurt, or captured when they are too young to take care of themselves.
I have taken Bobcat kitts and other animals to rehab centers until they are ready to be released back into the wild. Because I have done a lot of work with Bobcats and feel very comfortable handling them, I was asked if I would come, capture and then release the ones in the pictures and video below, back into their new home. They had been raised to maturity and were helped to remain distant and conditioned for life in the desert.
Here are a few pictures of these beautiful creatures, my humanely capturing them in their enclosure, kenneling them with the rehabber's help, and then a video of their release. Enjoy.
The Bobcat pictured below is one of two kits that was brought to a rehabber and nursed to maturity.
Here is the same Bobcat below snared humanely, the capture step to allow me to control it and put it in a kennel for transport.
Now that I have the Bobcat snared, I place it in the kennel, which I will then take to an open area for release. In the following YouTube video, you will see me catch and, with help, kennel both of the Bobcats, now grown from kittens.
After we catch the two Bobcats, we release them back into the wild. The following YouTube video shows the rehabber and her assistant encourage the two Bobcats to leave the security of the transfer kennels and take up residence in the wild. You will see that I follow one of the Bobcats to show you how easily these beautiful animals blend into their surroundings. What I am trying to show is how easy it is for your, on a hike or a walk in the desert, to walk by a Bobcat and never see it.
1st Response Wildlife gets calls from homeowners and businesses all the time with reports of Bobcats sightings, in Tucson, Oro Valley, Green Valley, Marana, Catalina, and Sahuarita, and even down in Sierra Vista. Bobcats in our region are probably more comfortable living and raising their young in closer proximity to people than in most other states. If you think you are having a problem with Bobcats, think you have an orphaned Bobcat kit(s) in and around your home or business, or see an injured Bobcat which looks like it could be nursed back to health, please give 1st Response Wildlife a call.
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Josh's Cell (24/7 Hours): 520-260-9517
Josh Waling is a humane Licensed Animal Trapper who catches and releases wildlife, removing animals including bobcats (lince), snakes, rattlesnakes (serpiente de cascabel), raccoons (mapache), pack rats, gila monsters (monstruos de gila), rabbits (canejo), owls, bats, hawks, squirrels (ardilla), coatimundi (gato solo), skunks (mofeta), exotics, and domestic cats and dogs. He delivers service that is professional and fast and he is available 24/7. Give him a call the next time you hear unusual noises in the attic or crawl spaces in your home or if you see wildlife eating your vegetation, creating nests, and raising their young too close to your pets or children or have an exotic sighting in your neighborhood. 520-260-9517 Thanks!
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