Our three-year-old California grandson dubbed one “Cat-bob” after he and our daughter watched it stalk mice in the field near their home. She had sent me a few snapshots, but bobcats are furtive; close-up pics are hard to come by.
So when she sent me one of these photos, all taken by Dee Dee Kim at the nearby Santa Lucia Preserve (Carmel, California), I was thrilled and thankful—and even more so once I heard the story:
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These three lolled on Dee Dee’s back deck as the mother bobcat ate a mouse—a mouse that the nursing mama cat had pulled from a POISON-FREE trap.
Think about that.
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Rodenticides (rodent poisons) travel through the food web and kill or sicken dogs and cats, as well as bobcats, raptors, cougars and other wild species—animals who help control rodents naturally .
The same animals who inspire three-year-olds (and us who love them) to stand near wild fields and watch with anticipation and awe.
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“But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children.”
—1 Thessalonians 2:7
What a wonderful story and what important information
Thank you cheryl😘
Seeing that mama eating the trapped mouse (while she was nursing!!) really got me. One can hear about systemic impact, but to see its potential like this? 😳 Thanks for reading, Tena.
Fantastic photo!!
Was so happy to get it from Dee Dee!