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Baby bobcat rescued from Chips Fire
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Baby bobcat rescued from Chips Fire
By Laurie L. Pearson
While conducting patrol and mop-up operations on the north end of the Chips Fire on Saturday, the Mad River hand crew encountered a baby bobcat wandering along the side of the road, alone and dazed.
"It seemed to be confused" said crew superintendent Tad Hair, who spotted the kit. According to Hair, it was the size of a domestic kitten and seemed to have impaired vision, perhaps from the smoke and ash in its eyes.
"It was walking in circles near a stump," Hair said.
Once verified that there were no obvious physical injuries, the crew attempted to walk away, but the kit swiftly followed the sounds of their movements. Each time the crew would stop, she would curl up on Hair's boots, snuggling into his chaps.
Hair and his crew members searched a large area, but there were "no tracks, whatsoever, in the ash except for this little gal's," Hair said, adding they found no sign of a mother bobcat. The lone kit, so young that its eyes appeared to be just starting to open, seemed abandoned and lost in the aftermath of the Chips Fire.
"I couldn't just leave her there," said Hair, who chose to name the kit "Chips" after the fire in which she was found.
Hair brought Chips to the incident command post and Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care was contacted.
FULL ARTICLE HERE
http://tiny.cc/ki9sjw
By Laurie L. Pearson
While conducting patrol and mop-up operations on the north end of the Chips Fire on Saturday, the Mad River hand crew encountered a baby bobcat wandering along the side of the road, alone and dazed.
"It seemed to be confused" said crew superintendent Tad Hair, who spotted the kit. According to Hair, it was the size of a domestic kitten and seemed to have impaired vision, perhaps from the smoke and ash in its eyes.
"It was walking in circles near a stump," Hair said.
Once verified that there were no obvious physical injuries, the crew attempted to walk away, but the kit swiftly followed the sounds of their movements. Each time the crew would stop, she would curl up on Hair's boots, snuggling into his chaps.
Hair and his crew members searched a large area, but there were "no tracks, whatsoever, in the ash except for this little gal's," Hair said, adding they found no sign of a mother bobcat. The lone kit, so young that its eyes appeared to be just starting to open, seemed abandoned and lost in the aftermath of the Chips Fire.
"I couldn't just leave her there," said Hair, who chose to name the kit "Chips" after the fire in which she was found.
Hair brought Chips to the incident command post and Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care was contacted.
FULL ARTICLE HERE
http://tiny.cc/ki9sjw
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