Look what showed up at work today

Beautiful cat.

De-clawed?!? That's horrible; I can't believe a veterinarian would do that to a bobcat. Now it will have to live in captivity forever. Sad.

It is indeed Valerie, it's horrid.

Considering how friendly it appears to be, I bet it has always lived like a domestic cat. I wouldn't expect it to be able to live in the wild even with claws without the training it would get from its mother. Perhaps it could have, now it never will be able to.

Pretty cat. Interesting to see one up close.

Either clawed or de-clawed, it is still a beautiful animal.

–B.G.–

Indeed a very beautiful animal.

Yea it is sad, but I'm thinking that bobcat did a really smart thing, coming into our compound and seeking human company. Perhaps she knew she would not survive out there without her claws. She was sooo soft and beautiful, everyone wanted to take her home but as a former wildlife biologist I had to tell them we must call Game and Fish as it's illegal to have one. Which leads me to wonder what vet in our area did this work??? Surely the vet knew the laws about having wild cats. I've been tempted to put an add in our local paper to see whom responds, she was in very good shape, no fleas or ticks and the paws were in excellent shape despite being declawed. She was cleaner than some peoples cats I've seen. If she had not come into the work area, she surely would have been eaten by a coyote or mountain lion, and we have lots of those here. She is in good hands now, the people at the sanctuary rehab place in Tucson are wonderful and they have on site veterinarians, people who volunteer and many who care deeply for our local wildlife. We took a hawk there that crashed into one of our fences, unfortunately she died, but they did all they could to save her.

DM,

I am delighted you were able to help out the little kittie.

Hopefully they find the bobcat a good home. That's pretty cool and kind of sad all at the same time.