Residents of the Village of Caroline are reporting Bobcat sightings in the grassy field just outside their village.
It’s the latest report of a Bobcat sighting in The Villages.
In late September, a Lady Lake police officer shot a Bobcat on the Historic Side of The Villages putting the diseased animal out of its misery.
In late August, there were reported sightings of a female Bobcat with her cub on Bartram Loop in the Village of Piedmont.
Widely distributed throughout most of North America, this cat has adapted well to neighborhoods throughout Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The Bobcat is equally at home in deep forest, swamps, and hammock land. Thick patches of saw palmetto and dense shrub thickets are important as den and resting sites in Florida.
An efficient hunter, the Bobcat, like most felines, hunts by sight and usually at night, but seeing a Bobcat out during the day is not uncommon because they sleep for only two to three hours at a time.
Like most wildlife species, Bobcats have a natural fear of people. However, they may lose this fear if they are taught to associate people with food. FWC recommends that all food and garbage be secured so as not to unnaturally attract bobcats or other wildlife.
