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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissing bobcat Ollie found on National Zoo property
Washington Post:Update: A missing 25-pound bobcat named Ollie who escaped Monday from her enclosure at the zoo has been found on zoo property.
BAD kitty!
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Missing bobcat Ollie found on National Zoo property (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2017
OP
MFM008
(19,804 posts)1. NO TREATS
for bad kitties.
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)2. Her taste of freedom was her treat.
spooky3
(34,429 posts)9. All they had to do was shake a bag of Temptations.
BuddyCa
(99 posts)3. so the cat came back
the very next day?
spooky3
(34,429 posts)8. She may never have left the zoo grounds.
They're pretty extensive and cats this size and smaller are very adept at finding good hiding spaces.
FSogol
(45,470 posts)19. Plus National Zoo is brimming with fat pigeons and rats. Ollie probably
weighs 35 pounds now.
panader0
(25,816 posts)4. I'm glad to hear this. I was afraid for the safety of the cat.
GoCubsGo
(32,078 posts)11. Yep. Especially with Uday and Qusay Trump in town.
politicat
(9,808 posts)5. I would have made it if it weren't for those meddling kids...
Day 8376 of my captivity begins...
montanacowboy
(6,081 posts)7. Great!
Glad to hear Ollie is safe and sound.
With Uday and Kusay in DC with their large hunting rifles God knows what would have happened to this glorious feline.
Sedona
(3,769 posts)10. Paging Salmon Chanted Evening
Sunday is coming.
Post your captions.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)12. Without a Metrocard where was she going to go?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)13. kitteh...?
Skittles
(153,138 posts)14. she is gorgeous
lunatica
(53,410 posts)15. this is wonderful news!
I'm very happy it's OK
shenmue
(38,506 posts)16. No chzburger
TygrBright
(20,756 posts)17. "Well, shit. Fun while it lasted, though!" n/t
jeffreyi
(1,938 posts)18. Good kitty
She just wants to be what she is.
but why is a bobcat in a zoo?
Damn.
At least she's alive, in the city, that's something.