We continue to see predators in our neighborhoods, coyotes and bobcats. I've seen coyotes; these bobcats and their great hissing escapade were a few blocks away yesterday.
I always carry on my dog walks, the greenbelts really let the wildlife move about... I guess the issue, and it is even more "one in the pipe" than a person, a bobcat would be on you before you could blink if it wanted to. I don't want to mess with a housecat!!
Did you see this one in the DMN today?
The" sound effects" are the best!
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A cat fight caught on camera in a Carrollton neighborhood has residents wary of letting their pets outside unsupervised.
The standoff between two bobcats happened in the Highlands neighborhood, just off Marsh Lane and Kelly Boulevard. Kevin Martuscello and his son caught the two growling cats on video and uploaded it to YouTube on Monday.
“That was my first time to ever see one,” Martuscello told Fox 4 News. It was amazing we saw two at one time and they did that interaction.”
Bobcats are common across much of the state, but it’s rare to capture two together in an urban setting, said John Padgett, a game warden for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Bobcats are not seasonal animals and can be found year round in urban areas where there’s cover for them to hide. The predatory cats weight between 20 to 25 pounds and are mostly nocturnal — though the stare-down caught on video happened in the daytime.
Padgett suggests keeping an eye on small pets because bobcats normally feed on smaller animals.He also said they don’t normally attack humans.
“We’re not on their menu,” he said.
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