Video of bobcat Ollie's arrival at our vet hospital. She was found on Zoo property & ID'd via a transponder chip. https://t.co/RbKM7ns4ko pic.twitter.com/dRbk2duJlx
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) February 1, 2017
Female bobcat Ollie found on Zoo property. Facebook Live broadcast @ 5pm press con https://t.co/XCJPq5wsn3 @FONZNationalZoo @smithsonian pic.twitter.com/jqIYMxSVXE
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) February 1, 2017
A female bobcat has escaped. Bobcats are not known to be aggressive to humans. Sighting call 202.633.7362 https://t.co/7Y5cmCEkpp pic.twitter.com/QLM6Im7418
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 30, 2017
The bobcat missing from the National Zoo since Monday morning has been found safe on zoo grounds, the zoo said Wednesday.
Shortly before 5 p.m., the Zoo issued a press release about their find, including a photo of Ollie the bobcat in a cage.
A visitor spotted the bobcat near the zoo’s birdhouse and tipped off zoo keepers, zoo staff said at a news conference Wednesday evening. Zoo curator Craig Saffoe said the zoo then set traps in the area.
“[We] crossed our fingers, walked away and literally within 15 minutes the birdhouse keepers called us back and told us, ‘we have a bobcat in the trap up here,'” Saffoe said.
Via ‘She Was Ready to Come Home’: Missing Bobcat Found on National Zoo Property @ NBC4 Washington.