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Originally Posted by Gail3762
When we’re these pictures taken? Especially the one in Hillsborough.
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Except for the Florida Panther, those photos came from the online newspaper Village News. I'm unable to put a link to the article because that site is blocked. I just just searched and that was July 22, 2019 and here's the story.
Villager surprised to spot bobcat on wall outside his home
A Villager was surprised to spot a bobcat walking on the wall behind his home.
The bobcat was spotted Saturday morning at the home of Doug Byers at 3728 Infinity Run in the Village of Hillsborough.
“This cat was whining like it was hungry and it looked malnourished,” Byers said.
The Florida bobcat is identifiable by its short tail and the fringes of fur that outline the sides of its head. It weighs between 13 and 30 pounds and has a tail with white on its underside and black markings on its top side.
Bobcats are mainly nocturnal hunters who may also prey during the daylight hours. During the summer the Florida bobcats will eat mostly local fauna including squirrels, opossums, rabbits and raccoons. During the winter months, they hunt birds that pass through Florida to escape the cold up north.
Here's another Village News story,
Villager captures impressive image of bobcat at Sharon Rose Wiechens Preserve
Tom Lamb recently captured an impressive image of a bobcat at the Sharon Rose Wiechens Preserve.
This sighting follows others in the past few months in the Village of Pennecamp, the Village of Dunedin and at that same preserve.
The Florida bobcat is identifiable by its short tail and the fringes of fur that outline the sides of its head. It weighs between 13 and 30 pounds and has a tail with white on its underside and black markings on its top side.
Bobcats are mainly nocturnal hunters who may also prey during the daylight hours. During the summer the Florida bobcats will eat mostly local fauna including squirrels, opossums, rabbits and raccoons. During the winter months, they hunt birds that pass through Florida to escape the cold up north.
Sounds like you're concerned because of your pet. Besides bobcats, there has been many more reports of dogs being snatched by coyotes. One of the guys from my golf group had a neighbor's dog taken during the day in the Village of Tall Trees, a very congested area just off 466 and two people were in the yard with the dog, however he was not on a leash. Here's the channel 9 story that ran on TV.
Coyote snatches woman's dog in The Villages