A Missouri woman is talking after spotting two large bobcats in her yard last week."I look over to the right of my yard and there's a ginormous bobcat standing there," Leah Marie said. "I look to the left, and there's another one."Watch the video above to see the bobcats.She said there were two large bobcats roaming in her backyard."A little wild, they were huge," Leah Marie said.She said her immediate concern was for all the small children and pets that live in her neighborhood. She said she hopped in her car to follow the large cats and warn neighbors. She also shot video of them."They were the size of a dog, like a large Lab-type dog," she said."As habitat decreases, bobcats are having to utilize more urban areas to look for food," said Nate Bowersock, a biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation.Bowersock said that, generally, bobcats are not harmful to humans."If you leave your small dogs or cats outside, there's a chance that it could be seen as a food source," he said.Bowersock said there are a couple of things you can do if you see one."We would encourage people just to make a bunch of noise, yell, holler at it, or spray them with a hose," he said.Leah Marie said she believes recent construction near her home might be the cause of the wild animals heading in this direction. She said it was her own animals that tipped her off."My dogs have been afraid to go down the back steps, the scent is there," she said. "He was not afraid of me. I would've taken a better video, but I was a little nervous."Marie said that it is not uncommon to hear or see wild animals in the neighborhood, only usually at night, not in the middle of the day.
A Missouri woman is talking after spotting two large bobcats in her yard last week.
"I look over to the right of my yard and there's a ginormous bobcat standing there," Leah Marie said. "I look to the left, and there's another one."
Watch the video above to see the bobcats.
She said there were two large bobcats roaming in her backyard.
"A little wild, they were huge," Leah Marie said.
She said her immediate concern was for all the small children and pets that live in her neighborhood. She said she hopped in her car to follow the large cats and warn neighbors. She also shot video of them.
"They were the size of a dog, like a large Lab-type dog," she said.
"As habitat decreases, bobcats are having to utilize more urban areas to look for food," said Nate Bowersock, a biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Bowersock said that, generally, bobcats are not harmful to humans.
"If you leave your small dogs or cats outside, there's a chance that it could be seen as a food source," he said.
Bowersock said there are a couple of things you can do if you see one.
"We would encourage people just to make a bunch of noise, yell, holler at it, or spray them with a hose," he said.
Leah Marie said she believes recent construction near her home might be the cause of the wild animals heading in this direction. She said it was her own animals that tipped her off.
"My dogs have been afraid to go down the back steps, the scent is there," she said. "He was not afraid of me. I would've taken a better video, but I was a little nervous."
Marie said that it is not uncommon to hear or see wild animals in the neighborhood, only usually at night, not in the middle of the day.
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