Bobcat Awareness by Regina Jacques

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Just a few days ago I wrote a story about hiking and Boy Scouts, etc. explaining how to protect yourself should you be confronted by a bear. Well, I just learned that two individuals were attacked by a bobcat in Withlacoochee State Forest located in Citrus County, Florida as they were hiking with their Boy Scout group. It might be because the female bobcats have their babies in spring. They killed and tested it for rabies. There are approximately fifty five thousand deaths from rabies worldwide annually: thirty one thousand in Asia, and 24,000 in Africa.
Rabies (comes from Latin which means "madness") is a viral neuroinvasive disease that causes inflammation of the brain,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and is deadly if it's left untreated. It takes a few months to travel to the central nervous system. Symptoms are fever, headache, violent movements,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], depression, acute pain, and the inability to swallow water. Later stages of it are coma and death after respiratory failure. It's a major killer of livestock in several countries.
I never realized Bobcats were anywhere near my town. I was really surprised to find out that they do in fact live and have adapted well to living in suburban areas, swamps, and deserts. They're primarily a North American animal, living in most of the United States, on into parts of Canada! They're twice as big as a regular house cat. A male bobcat can get up to 47 inches long, and are about 15 inches tall, and up to 30 pounds. Their tail is stubby, and that's how it got it's name. Their average life span in the wild is up to 10 years, and in captivity, thirty-two.
They stalk their prey, then pounce on it after a short chase. They normally eat rodents, rabbits, birds, fish and bugs, and have also been known to have killed deer, sheep, foxes, poultry, house cats and even small dogs! It's an endangered species in New Jersey, Ohio and Indiana.
If you plan to go hiking, you should make sure you have a personal defense weapon on you at all times. A stun baton is a great device to have, as well as pepper or bear pepper spray.
Yours In Safety,
Regina Jacques