[note that the actual news report with video and pictures along with story comments can be found at the link. The article seems to indicate that the Bobcat was too injured to respond to movement, but if you watch the news story video the CPW officer indicates that the Bobcat attempted to attack her when she removed it from the SUV.]

Colorado Springs woman puts injured bobcat in car with child

By: Andrew McMillan
Posted: Sep 19, 2019 11:13 AM MDT

Updated: Sep 19, 2019 11:03 PM MDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Parks and Wildlife sent out a warning that no matter how cute you might think it is, you should never pick up a wild animal.

According to CPW, a woman in Colorado Springs picked up the injured bobcat seen above and loaded it into her car, where her child was seated.

"Notice its large teeth? Imagine the claws within its big paws," CPW said in a tweet.

Parks and Wildlife said they removed the bobcat, which was mortally wounded and was too injured to react to being picked up and placed in the car. CPW added, "She was lucky."

A CPW district manager met up with the woman and found the 20-pound bobcat in the back of the SUV. The bobcat had severe internal injuries and paralyzed rear legs, according to CPW. The animal was euthanized.

If you see an injured wild animal, call Colorado Parks and Wildlife and let them handle it.

Dang, those bobcats are cute as hell. Until they open their mouth or extend their claws. The lady that picked the critter up couldn't be local, could she? I don't know anyone raised in my area (Utah/Idaho) that would even consider picking up a wounded wild animal.

Common sense becomes less common every day. I love the stories where people do the same think with “dead” or injured deer that end up with holes kicked in their upholstery.

CPS should probably put that woman’s child in foster care with people who are responsible adults.

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I love the stories where people do the same think with “dead” or injured deer that end up with holes kicked in their upholstery.

How ungrateful of them.

What’s even scarier than having a bobcat in the car is the fact that this woman is reproducing.

That’s a whole boatload of lucky right there. It would be interesting to know what the woman was actually thinking, but it’d probably be an extremely short conversation.

Some people should never reproduce. Poor kid was lucky and needs a better parent to live/learn from. What is it that people don't understand about "wild animal".

“It was so cute and helpless and injured! It was a cat, sort of. I HAD TO DO SOMETHING!!”

Some years ago, a bomb was mailed to the home of an Ohio Supreme Court Justice.
Most of us would have gone into immediate Holy Shit mode and evacuated the house. Not the learned jurist. He tossed the bomb into his car and the drove it to the Courthouse!
Good thing he did not find a bobcat.

Well, they're not very smart up there.

You can’tmake this stuff up. I know how a wounded dog can act to its loving owner. Imagine how a wounded wild cat could be.

Years ago my older sister had friends who had gone on a road trip. They "rescued" a kitten that "somebody had abandoned" at some road side stop.

The vet had to explain it to them when they brought it in.

A friend was on his way into town from our deer lease when a buck slammed into the side of his truck. A couple of fellows on the same lease who had a history of being difficult to get along with happened to be following my friend. They assumed the buck had broken it’s neck, stopped and threw it into their cab over camper to take back to camp to butcher. Within the time it took to drive a couple of miles back to camp that deer shredded the interior of their nice camper.
That buck must have been a great judge of character.

Ar least she wasn't in a muh'fuckin phone booth at the muh'fuckin Stop-N-Go


NSFMFW

One of my all time favorites! Even after 20 years....

"I tought he'z DEAD!

Friends step monster kept a bobcat as a pet. She insisted it was docile. They hated the damn thing because it was not tame or friendly.

I swear people are getting dumber every year.

I don't think it's any worse than putting a pitbull in a car with a kid. People do that all the time here in Oklahoma.