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More Bobcat Sightings In Springs South Side Save Email Print
Posted: 4:41 PM Oct 6, 2008
 Last Updated: 9:46 AM Oct 7, 2008
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The west side of Colorado Springs has seen its share of bobcats lately.

Monday, 11 News heard from another west side resident.

Billy Peetz says a bobcat took one of his cats, Smoky, a Russian Persian a few months ago.

The cat seen in the picture provided is still alive.

The Division of Wildlife warns, bobcats will feast on smaller cats, but typically not dogs or children.
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Posted by: Bob Location: C/S on Oct 8, 2008 at 09:45 AM
leave the wildlife alone! Be a responsible pet owner and fence/kennel your pets. Change your way of thinking that its all about you!
Posted by: Dawn Location: CS on Oct 7, 2008 at 06:29 PM
Take your pets inside you stupid people. You chose to move into an area with wild animals. If your cat gets eaten its the owners fault not the wild animals fault. When are people going to learn?
Posted by: KKTV.com Web Producer on Oct 7, 2008 at 07:45 AM
Message from the editor: More pictures of the bobcat have been added. The original was only able to be seen from the home page. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you!
Posted by: David Location: Colo Springs on Oct 6, 2008 at 08:15 PM
"The cat seen in the picture provided is still alive." What picture?
Posted by: Erin Location: co springs on Oct 6, 2008 at 08:09 PM
Easy solution then... keep your cats IN THE HOUSE! It's not rocket science people. Even if the cat manages to evade the bobcats, they're still going to have to dodge the coyotes, the stray or otherwise loose dogs, humans who think it's "fun" to kill/maim cats, vehicles on the roads (even if they don't intentionally swerve to hit cats, drivers usually don't try that hard to miss them either), diseases, wounds from other domestic cats (fights and the like), starvation if they get trapped away from home, poisoning (either intentional by people who hate cats or accidental with like antifreeze). And even if they evade all that, theres a good chance that they'll eventually get picked up by the humane society... and only 20% of unclaimed cats at our local shelter ever get adopted, the other 80% end up put to sleep.
 
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