{"id":1538,"date":"2014-11-18T19:58:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T00:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2022-03-14T14:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:35:46","slug":"here-come-the-bobcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/here-come-the-bobcats\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Come the Bobcats&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MA Wildlife confirmed that <a title=\"Bobcats on Cape Cod Confirmed by MA DFW\" href=\"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/bobcats-on-cape-cod-confirmed\/\">bobcats are on Cape Cod<\/a> last year and apparently the felines are making quite a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in North Chelmsford report that a pack of four bobcats has been terrorizing a neighborhood and attacking family pets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" width=\"550\">\n<p>Residents in North Chelmsford concerned about a pack of bobcats attacking pets. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/hra2i19r7y\">pic.twitter.com\/hra2i19r7y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jonathan Hall (@JHall7news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JHall7news\/status\/534742943782150145\">November 18, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CHELMSFORD, Mass. (WHDH) &#8211; Chelmsford residents have spotted bobcats roaming the area, and after an attack on a neighborhood dog, some people want the bobcats relocated.<\/p>\n<p>State guidelines may hamper any effort to relocate the animals.<\/p>\n<p>Because bobcats are not a danger to human beings, it is possible there is not much local police, animal control, or the state division of fisheries and wildlife can do to combat the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The Millers, who live in North Chelmsford, were upset when a bobcat attacked their pet dog. They said their vet bills were approaching $2,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whdh.com\/story\/27420171\/bobcats-spotted-in-chelmsford-residents-want-them-moved\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bobcats spotted in Chelmsford, residents want them moved<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The State&#8217;s hands are tied as far as moving the bobcats.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>One<\/strong> because <strong>effective means of trapping were made illegal by the State of Massachusetts<\/strong> trapping ban, which bans leghold traps and snares.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And two<\/strong> because <strong>there is no place to relocate them in MA that is far from homes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>So, you better get used to seeing <a title=\"Bobcat\" href=\"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/critters\/bobcat\/\">these feline predators<\/a> in your neighborhood&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MA Wildlife confirmed that bobcats are on Cape Cod last year and apparently the felines are making quite a comeback. Residents in North Chelmsford report that a pack of four bobcats has been terrorizing a neighborhood and attacking family pets. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/here-come-the-bobcats\/\">Continue Reading \u25ba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8,34,47,6,32],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-bobcat","tag-bobcats","tag-observation","tag-predators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1623,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions\/1623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capecodwildlifecalling.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}