PORT LUDLOW, Wash. -- A Washington state homeowner says he left his front door open for his own cats. He wasn't expecting a 35-pound bobcat to walk in, but that's what happened.
The Port Ludlow resident told animal control officers he watched the wild cat jump over a couch, climb over a big screen TV and then jump up to a loft, where it made itself at home.
Washington Fish and Wildlife Officer Win Miller says the bobcat apparently felt safe upstairs.
With the help of a tranquilizer gun, animal control officers were able to secure the cat and remove it from the home last weekend.
Fish and Wildlife says the bobcat wasn't harmed and was released back into the wild about six miles from the home. One of the homeowner's pet cats was briefly scared away, but Boo Boo made it home safely Tuesday.
A bobcat captured in north Casa Grande, Ariz. looks out from its cage at the Casa Grande Animal Care and Adoption Center in downtown Casa Grande, Ariz. The bobcat has a mother and sibling still located in the Coyote Ranch area of the city. CGACAAC has set traps to catch the remaining two cats. Once the wild animals are captured and deemed healthy, they will be released into the wild south of the city. Linda Ericson, supervisor of the Casa Grande Animal Care and Adoption Center, said that while people often have good intentions when feeding wildlife, providing an undomesticated animal with a free meal is the single worst thing a human can do for it. (AP Photo/Casa Grande Dispatch, Steven King)