Bobcat caught& killed!- warning graphic pics

[Standard Hen]

Yes, Maine is beautiful and still what is to be considered rural. Come to think of it I remember now reading an article where someone insist they saw a Mountain Lion and they even found his manure and had it tested. Either Maine or Vermont. As far as I know we do not have any cats in the part of MA I am in, maybe western MA does as they still have seemed to retain more open space. Lucky, the closer to the coast the more populated.
Anyway, like I said chickens are magnets to predators. I never had any problems until I got chickens! Must be good eating is all I can say.

 

[leghorns_rule]

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your right we shoudent hunt we should let game animals reproduce until they start to starve and become a nusense to people ( deer geting hit by cars and bobcats eating peoples chickens)

 

[rosyposyosy]

rosyposyosy wrote:

this is such a debatable issue.
but i wouldnt own a fire arm in the first place. guns are made to kill. killing is murder. murder is a prisonable offense.

that and if i WERE to kill something - i would do it humanely. no matter what.

leghorns_rule wrote:

your right we shoudent hunt we should let game animals reproduce until they start to starve and become a nusense to people ( deer geting hit by cars and bobcats eating peoples chickens)​

what is it what you are referring to?​

 

[rosyposyosy]

it isnt just for pets - a lot of places do it. like the time we caught a squirrel inside our walls who had been eating our wires - it got put down.

 

[skatcatla]

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How are bobcats getting into your pole barn?

well its my aunts pole barn really. Chickens kept dissapering and one night when she went to cheak on a noise she heard in the coop and a bobcat was inside.

Sounds like your aunt needs to fix a hole somewhere. Bobcats can get into some small places alright, but not so small that she shouldn't be able to find how he was getting in.

 

[FamilyOfChickens]

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So you're saying we should let their populations get even LARGER? You don't think there's enough deer already? Maybe you should spend a few hours in our woods. Whew!

And do you know that car accidents involving deer get PEOPLE killed?! And if there's even more bobcats around, that'd be putting people like my little brother and sister in danger, as well as pets. And if we can stop it, why would we let our family, pets, and livestock be killed or SERIOUSLY injured? They may look pretty, but bobcats and other predatory animals are NOT nice critters to have around.

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Maybe I'm confused, but you mean take it to the vet to have it euthanized? Like a pet?

To a person like me, that does not make a whole lot of sense.

 

[FamilyOfChickens]

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Well, I guess that doesn't really happen around here.

And you must have some darn tough squirrels- I would imagine if they were eating wires, they'd get electrocuted.

EDIT: Oh, and squirrels are one of the few animals that if I caught, I'd let go.

 

[rosyposyosy]

im surprised she didnt!! omg it was terrible - such high voltage all of our electronic stuff such as refridgerator, computers, tvs... EVERYTHING literally exploded. our neighbors saw sparks and called the fire department. it was bad. squirrels over here are terrible. my neighbors kitten got killed by a squirrel, and my dog and a squirrel got into a fight and the squirrel ripped almost his entire neck open! even after that i wouldnt kill them though. (although my dog has in the past!)


EDIT: the lady from critter control said that she wouldnt survive after such great living conditions? i dont quite follow that

 

[chickenboy]

One reason for not choosing to put down an animal every time you catch one is that euthanizing and animal costs money, whereas killing it with a bullet worth 10 cents is a lot cheeper. Just my opinion

As my mom says an opinion is like a butt everyone has one

 

[katmae77]

The shot was well placed. The bobcat died almost instantly and there was no suffering. I'm sure it would have suffered just as much with a needle, and the stress of having had to stay in the trap much long would have been more suffering than anythinghe went throughfrom the bullet. He was trapped in a racoon sized metal trap, and couldn't even stand in it. He came in the morning around 9:30, so he would have been in there all day in the heat (I'm in Florida), If I could have found someone to come humanly take care of it, I would have. Animal control doesn't take care of nuisance animals. I could have had a trapper come out and take care of it but that would have cost $150 + . I've lost 3/4 of my layers this week and my rooster and am heartbroken that this beautiful cat had to go, but here was no choice really. How in the world could I have safetly let it out of the trap? There is no way I'm going to pay big bucks for a trapper to come out when I already trapped it. Most likely he would let it go nearby and it would just come back. Racoons and bobcats don't have a chance on my property. They are nuisance animals to me. I've had to completely redesign my coop twice this month and predators hae broken in twice now. If someone in Floirda want some bobcats and racoons humanly dropped on on your property let me know so I can add you to my list instead of shooting the next one. If there is anyone who can give me a humane way of disposing of one in a trap that is quicker than a well placed bullet plase reply. Thanks. Kathy