PORTAGE COUNTY, Wis. — The Portage County Sheriff’s Office in central Wisconsin explained a bobcat wanted to be removed from a vehicle’s front grill.
On Wednesday, Sheriff Mike Lukas known as the incident “a first” for him and shared video clip of the ordeal. According to Lukas, three deputies responded when somebody claimed a bobcat experienced gotten into their auto.
“As you can picture the shock they were being in when lower [sic] and behold there was a bobcat in the motor vehicle,” Lukas explained.
At some point, the abilities of the Wisconsin Division of Natural Assets was necessary.
“My deputies are actually great at solving complications but this 1 baffled them so we termed in reinforcements with Conservation Warden Bryan Lockman. As you can see on the bodycam footage Warden Lockman was a professional at finding the critter out,” Lukas said.
Online video displays Lockman pulling the bobcat out from the vehicle’s grill and then speedily positioning it in the again of a truck.
Lukas states the animal was later produced back into the wild.
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