Wisconsin deputies, warden pull bobcat out of car's grille
A driver called deputies in Portage County, Wisconsin, on Tuesday to report that a bobcat was stuck inside the grille of his car. (Portage County Sheriff's Office)
Deputies in Wisconsin responded to an unusual call Tuesday night after a driver reported that a bobcat was inside his car and refused to leave, authorities said.
"Numerous deputies were curious" when they heard the radio dispatcher describe the call and responded to the driver’s location, Portage County Sheriff Mike Lukas wrote on Facebook.
Lukas said that the three deputies were "shocked" when they arrived and found a live bobcat inside the vehicle’s front grille.
"My deputies are really good at solving problems but this one baffled them so we called in reinforcements with Conservation Warden Bryan Lockman," Lukas wrote.
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Deputies were "shocked" when they arrived and found a live bobcat inside the car's grille. (Portage County Sheriff’s Office )
The sheriff’s office shared a two-minute bodycam video showing the warden and deputies working to remove the big cat from the driver’s car.
Conservation Warden Bryan Lockman of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources arrived to assist the deputies in removing the big cat. (Portage County Sheriff’s Office )
"That is a big paw," one of the responders can be heard saying.
The warden eventually wrangled the bobcat with his catch pole and, with the help of a deputy who drew back the broken grille, pulled the feline out.
The bobcat tossed and turned as the warden wrangled the feline out of the car and into the bed of his pickup truck. (Portage County Sheriff’s Office )
The bobcat did not appear happy about getting dragged out of its hiding place.
The sheriff's office said the bobcat was safely released back into the wild. (Portage County Sheriff’s Office )
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The big cat twisted, turned and flipped through the air as the warden, in one swift motion, pulled the animal from the car’s grille and into the bed of a pickup truck.
The bobcat was then safely returned to the wild, the sheriff’s office said.
"All in a day’s work at the Portage County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin [Department of Natural Resources]," Lukas wrote.
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