Two Bobcats given a second chance at wildlife this month after two orphaned siblings released at Jack Peak Park in Monterey, USA. The brothers and sisters found by the Monterey County SPCA in the summer of 2020, who – they admitted they were too young to be with their mother – took the animals for dehydration and parasites.
At a very young age, they moved to the Wildlife Center (WCSV) in Silicon Valley to raise a small number of young. WCSV has California Department of Fish and Wildlife Permits, which means they have the resources and experience needed to rescue, rehabilitate and release wildlife. The children needed a special enclosure to establish their necessary survival skills in the wild and to ensure that they could not become accustomed to the human point of view to show the daily keeper as it could harm their chances of survival in the wild.
These placed in a naturalized enclosure (human-free) so that they could work their movements and feed in ways that mimicked the opportunities and obstacles they might face in the wild. Feeding live rats means they can develop their hunting skills that usually displayed to them by their mother. The children at WCSV remained in captivity for eight months as guards monitored their progress and preparations for the final release. Once it decided that the siblings were ready to go it alone, their release arranged with Monterey County Park, who decided that the two of them would rejoin the forest on March 24.
They discovered and left in exactly the same place, the audience of fascinated people cutting off the bobcats as they successfully returned to their own territory. Bobcats (Lings Rufus) are a successful species of wildcat found across North America, named after their adorable stubby “Bob” tail. It is the smallest in the Linux genus, measuring approximately 47.5 to 125 centimeters (18.7 to 49.2 inches) in length. A pregnant woman can give birth to up to six children at a time, which will raise her. These weaned at five months and go out on their own shortly before they turn.
