Bobcat survives being struck by car and traveling more than 50 miles stuck to grille



A 40-pound wild bobcat traveled more than 50 miles stuck to the grille of a car that hit her on a Virginia road.

The young bobcat suffered only a small scrape on her back after the harrowing ride on Thanksgiving morning.

“We just couldn’t believe it,” Richmond Animal Care and Rescue director Christie Chipps Peters told Fox News Monday. “It was so crazy. It’s just so great that it ended well.”

The woman who hit the animal knew she hit something after leaving her house in Gloucester County in eastern Virginia. She found out what it was an hour later when she reached her job at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

Peters, who confirmed the bobcat was a female, responded to the scene with an animal control officer.

The woman who hit the animal was driving a Prius, WTVR reported.

“We got on scene and it really was true. It’s really a bobcat stuck in the front of a Prius grille,” Peters told the station. “When we walked by, (s)he hissed at us, so (s)he’s alive and may be OK, which was so crazy since (the woman) drove from Gloucester to VCU.”

The bobcat was freed after being sedated.

Peters said the bobcat was taken to the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro and eventually will be released back into the wild near the crossroads where she was hit.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...Hr?OCID=ansmsnnews11

So you hit a 40lb bob cat and just keep going? Could have just as easily been a 3 year old kid. And she has a job in higher education. Nice.

What kills me is she said she knew she hit something but didn't stop to check what it was until she got to her destination. What if this was a person? People can be idiots. I hope/wish they charge with something but I doubt it.

You missed the part that she was driving a Prius!

See, Prius (Priuii?) are more environmentally friendly!

I'm very happy the bobcat survived. But for the grace of God that could have been me riding in her front valance.

I have a totally different take on this story. I think the bobcat was walking along and saw the car and said to itself, hell it's only a prius, I can take that sob. So the headline should be "Prius survives vicious bobcat attack.

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When we walked by, (s)he hissed at us, so (s)he’s alive and may be OK.

Yeah, I’d bet she’s hissed, probably would have done more than hissed if she could’ve gotten loose! There’s an awful lot of stupid in this story.

Prius> Idiot woman. Yeah. That matches up.

Well, we all know that Bobcats are the toughest critters out there, right snwghst?

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What kills me is she said she knew she hit something but didn't stop to check what it was until she got to her destination.

That was my first thought, too.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Well, we all know that Bobcats are the toughest critters out there, right snwghst?

After seeing pics like this, I'm inclined to agree.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Well, we all know that Bobcats are the toughest critters out there, right snwghst?

I'd give that prize to the MFer who pried that cat out of the grille!

Got it out of the grill AFTER it was sedated, so no award!

I have one customer that has trophy Bobcat in his living room, beautiful cat, so soft and friendly looking.

I also have another customer the has a Maine Coon Cat that is near the size of a Bobcat, big old friendly lover!

I was half expecting to see a skid steer.

A few of my FB friends from when i was stationed in Gloucester va actually know the woman this happened to, its amazing the bobcat lived lol

http://www.whsv.com/content/ne...enter-460611143.html

At least the bobcat is in good hands at the VA Wildlife Center. Mr. Clark started the operation in his garage a long time ago and then DuPont donated land for the present facility in 1995.

They expanded their facility to take care of the bear cubs several years ago. They got additional land for the facility from the National Forest which is behind the facility. The three pens are 1/2 acre each. One year they were taking care of 16 cubs while they only have 10 cubs this year.

https://www.wildlifecenter.org/black-bear-complex

Here is a presentation of the whole facility and the animals they treat and then release:

https://prezi.com/frohgsfguhnw...-center-of-virginia/

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Originally posted by patw:
What kills me is she said she knew she hit something but didn't stop to check what it was until she got to her destination.

That was my first thought, too.

That woman driving the Prius is a dumb bitch.

Looks like the bobcat has fully recovered and was released in New Kent County:

https://wtop.com/virginia/2018...life-center/slide/7/

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I have one customer that has trophy Bobcat in his living room, beautiful cat, so soft and friendly looking.

I've been around a trapped bobcat once. Having dealt with that, I can say I want no part of being around a live bobcat again. At all.