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This And That - Often Non Pet Related Topics => In The News => Topic started by: DeeDee on June 15, 2018, 04:13:51 PM

Title: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: DeeDee on June 15, 2018, 04:13:51 PM
Someone's getting rabies shots:

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A woman suffered two bites and several scratches after a rabid bobcat attacked her in a northeast Georgia county.

The incident happened June 7 around 6:15 pm on Liberty Church Road, when Hart County deputies responded to reports of a woman calling for help. Police arrived to find DeDe Phillips, who was covered in blood, holding the bobcat down on the ground by the throat.

The police report said blood was running down Phillips's face, arms and legs.

Phillip's saw the bobcat under her SUV. "I snapped a picture and about that time the bobcat took two or three steps and leapt," she said.





Photos and rest of story at: http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/38435872/ga-grandmother-bloodied-in-bobcat-attack-fights-it-off-with-her-bare-hands
Title: Re: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: Middle Child on June 15, 2018, 05:03:24 PM
Moral of the story:  Leave wild animals alone.  Doh1
Title: Re: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: Pookie on June 15, 2018, 06:25:39 PM
Moral of the story:  Leave wild animals alone.  Doh1

Or "don't take pictures of camera-shy bobcats . . . "

I hope she's ok!
Title: Re: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: Middle Child on June 15, 2018, 07:48:15 PM
I just can't muster much sympathy for someone who would do something that stupid.  With a grandchild left in the house, besides. I do have sympathy for her family though.
Title: Re: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: ThreeStep on June 16, 2018, 06:22:23 AM
What happened to the poor cat?
Title: Re: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: Middle Child on June 16, 2018, 07:15:43 AM
The cat had to have been killed.  It's the only way to diagnose rabies.  Rabies is fatal so cat was dying anyway. Woman should have called the police, not tried to take a picture.
Title: Re: GA grandmother bloodied in bobcat attack, fights it off with her bare hands
Post by: Lola on June 16, 2018, 08:41:11 AM
I could see me not thinking things through and taking a picture.  Thinking maybe I was far enough away from the animal... or that my presence would spook it and it would run off.