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3 people bitten by bobcats thought they were helping abandoned kittens

By Staff The Associated Press

Posted May 9, 2018 5:00 pm

Updated May 9, 2018 5:12 pm

1 min read

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This May 7, 2018 photo provided by the City of San Antonio Animal Care Services Department shows two bobcat cubs. City of San Antonio Animal Care Services Department via AP

Three well-meaning people suffered bites when the kittens they rescued after hearing them mewling in a San Antonio alley turned out to be ravenous bobcat cubs .

The caretakers found the blue-eyed, stub-tailed pair of young bobcats on Saturday and, thinking they were Bengal kittens, took them in. They fed the bobcats milk from pet-feeding bottles, but realized something was amiss when the aggressive animals tore the bottles apart and bit them.

They called animal control officers and a wildlife rescue group took the wild cats away.