SOUTHAMPTON- A bobcat was reported at about 6:10 a.m. on Wednesday morning to be injured on Brickyard Road.
According to Southampton Police Lieutenant Ian Illingsworth, patrol officers working the midnight until 8 a.m. shift, arrived to the scene.
“Our officers responded and notified the Westfield Animal Control,” said Lieutenant Illingsworth.
The Westfield Regional Animal Control arrived between 6:30 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. and checked on the bobcat for injuries. Westfield Regional Animal Control Assistant Manager, Margaret Terkelsen, said that the bobcat had a significant head wound and was bleeding a little from its head.
“I was pretty easily able to get him in a carrier for transport,” said Terkelsen.
The bobcat was found lying upright on Brickyard Rd. in Southampton. (Photo courtesy of the Southwick Police Department’s Facebook Page.)
Terkelsen and the animal control volunteers got the wild feline back to their animal shelter before a volunteer then transported the bobcat to a wildlife rehab facility in the Berkshires.
As the rehab facility reported to Terkelsen that the bobcat wasn’t very responsive when they first checked on him, they were able to warm the animal up and get his temperature back up towards the normal.
“That’s a good sign,” said Terkelsen. “As long as they can stabilize him, it’ll go to a rehabber,” said Terkelsen.
The Westfield Regional Animal Control also noted that the hope is to have the bobcat recover at a rehab in an effort to be released back into the wild in the future.
As the Westfield Regional Animal Control will be hearing back from the wildlife rehab facility in the Berkshires shortly, more updates will follow from the Westfield News.
