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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBobcat Who Survived California Wildfire Now Mom to 4 Kittens
The devastating Woolsey wildfire in Southern California last fall burned nearly 100,000 acres, destroying most of the habitat of the bobcats, mountain lions and other wildlife that live in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Almost 90 percent of the acreage in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA), a unit of the National Park Service, burned during the fire, the most damage its endured in recorded history.
Amazingly, 12 of 13 mountain lions that SMMNRA biologists had tagged survived the fire, but burn injuries apparently later led to the death of P-64, a mountain lion whod gained fame by successfully crossing busy Los Angeles area freeways at least 40 times.
Much more fortunate than P-64 is a female bobcat known as B-362. In eerie timing, biologists in Thousand Oaks tagged her just one day before the Woolsey fire started on Nov. 8, 2018. B-362 not only managed to survive the wildfire that obliterated her habitat, but she was able to find a new home not far away in Westlake Villagein a rather unlikely place, however.
Using very-high-frequency radio telemetry and GPS information from B-362?s collar, SMMNRA biologists were able to locate the bobcat earlier this month, deep in the vegetation of a large residential backyard. B-362 wasnt alone there. She had recently given birth to a healthy litter of four kittens.
She chose a den in thick brush where she could keep her kittens safe, Joanne Moriarty, a biologist who hass studied bobcats in SMMNRA for over 15 years, said in a news release.
https://www.care2.com/causes/bobcat-who-survived-california-wildfire-now-mom-to-4-kittens.html
One bright spot in so much tragedy. Much more squee at link.
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Bobcat Who Survived California Wildfire Now Mom to 4 Kittens (Original Post)
Bayard
Apr 2019
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murielm99
(30,712 posts)1. K&R.
2naSalit
(86,282 posts)3. That's good news!
Codeine
(25,586 posts)4. They look like perfect little domestic tabbies.
Adorable!
Karadeniz
(22,445 posts)5. Well done, mommy! Succeeding despite the dangers have created for you. ❤❤❤
Demovictory9
(32,411 posts)6. must be very large backyard to not notice bobcat and kittens
AllaN01Bear
(17,890 posts)7. eggscllent
CaptainTruth
(6,567 posts)8. Hold my calls ... I'm in cute overload.
Opel_Justwax
(230 posts)9. DU needs an AWW forum to post these pictures in. n/t
lunatica
(53,410 posts)10. Check out The DU Lounge
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Duppers
(28,117 posts)11. Gorgeous baby kittens. ❤
Bet they hated being tagged.
I'll be moving to mountain country where bobcats regularly roam.
My neighbor sends me pics.