Bobcat Comeback

Bobcats are Making a Comeback!

Master Wildlife Conservationist and avid outdoorsman, Paul Colburn, will present “Bobcat: Connecticut’s Secretive Wild Cat,” an illustrated program, Saturday, April 28 at 10:30 a.m. at Fletcher Memorial Library.

The bobcat, Lynx rufus, the only wild cat found in Connecticut, is a distant relative of the domestic house cat. Due to deforestation and habitat loss, bobcats became a threat to agriculture and game species in the last century and were hunted nearly to extinction. However, since receiving protection in 1972, they have been making a comeback.

Learn all about the habitat, diet and behavior of this fascinating animal, and about the Connecticut Bobcat Project, a DEEP study of bobcats’ ecological niche in Connecticut.