Maybe she said Danny? Or maybe she calls him Daddy when talking to her dog or cat or whatever was in the crate. Or maybe she just calls him Daddy in general.
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If an animal charged at my wife or kid or my dog like that, throwing it would be the kindest outcome you could expect from me
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I'll be the first one to respond to your edit, which was barely better than your original. First, I just watched it full screen and it is definitely a bobcat. Second, whether it's a bobcat or a housecat, it attacked his wife (most likely trying to attack whatever was in the crate) so no animal abuse law would be in play up to and including if he killed it. Finally, both of your "exhibits" are based on the idea that people are so terrified of wild animals that they would run rather than help the first woman. The second woman came to help scare it off after the guy threw it, how many people do you know that aggressively run at their pets yelling "GO!" to "try and get them back?"
When I see an angry wild animal, my first instinct is always to pick it up and hold it in front of my face. No safer way to deal with wildlife, really.
Exhibit A is based on the concept that people don't pick up angry wild animals, not that they won't help someone else. You kick at it or yell/threaten, but you don't pick the thing up. You ever picked up an angry raccoon when it was trapped in your garage or garbage cans? I feel like this is a fairly reasonable assumption to make.
Exhibit B I will walk back - I have no audio so what you're saying is reasonable.
As far as cat or bobcat, I think you can see the tail when he first throws it. Also don't think it is large enough. Combined with the fact he grabbed it, I don't think its a bobcat. Full screen it is seriously blurry. Maybe we have some DNR guys on here that can weigh in.
Honestly, if it didn't take off running after being thrown, I'd think it was all staged.
My edit did not say his action was abuse, I changed that. I did reaffirm that animal abuse is not a felony in Iowa. Animal torture is also not a felony in Iowa. Google "puppy kimble abuse" for more, this was near and dear to me recently so I am a little sensitive to people hurting animals this week. People suck.
I am probably the only person on this board that example doesn’t work with , I have picked up a wild raccoon on 2 separate occasions. On both occasions, I wasn’t thinking just reacting. It’s a normally reasonable assumption, but it’s also possible he felt he couldn’t kick it due to the confined space between cars or because it was so close to his wife and so his reaction was to pick it up to get it away from her. Him picking it up has no bearing on it being wild or not, imo.
They said it was a bobcat, not a lynx. Bobcats aren't always huge. Bobcats don't have "docked" looking tails all of the time. Their tails can get as long as almost half the length of a house cat's tail. It also had long legs. It was a bobcat.
If a bobcat was latched on to my wife's back I would grab it out of instinct if anything else. Not much else you could do. Also, once you grab that thing it's going to latch on to your hands/arms. They guy was trying to toss it the whole time, but it probably took awhile to get it off of his arms. Can't imagine how messed up his hands and arms were. LOL..
Surprised it took this long for that user to be mentioned...
I was going to say, this must be a sign that @Bobcats good news has finally arrived!
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It was a bobcat. It was his wife. It took place in North Carolina. The bobcat was confirmed to have rabies.
amp.newsobserver.com
‘A bobcat attacked my wife!’ Security camera captures wild encounter in North Carolina
The 46-second clip has been viewed millions of times online.
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Told you guys.It was a bobcat. It was his wife. It took place in North Carolina. The bobcat was confirmed to have rabies.
‘A bobcat attacked my wife!’ Security camera captures wild encounter in North Carolina
The 46-second clip has been viewed millions of times online.
I’m a bobcat expert, not a North Carolina expert.
Now that the full story is out you should probably just admit how stupid your takes were.
We now have the definitive play-by-play from Jomboy on Twitter. I love me some Jomboy.
