A southeast neighbourhood’s resident bobcat, dubbed Bobbi, is on the road to recovery | 24CA News

Almost 45 days after she was discovered with a entice clamped to her paw, a bobcat nicknamed Bobbi by native residents, is on the street to a full restoration.

Over the previous month, the Calgary feline, which had been seen wandering the southeast neighbourhood of Chaparral, has been within the care of Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, the place she was tended to for her accidents, together with her foot and enamel.

The not-for-profit group is hopeful that the bobcat’s remedy part is now behind her and that she’ll transfer right into a full restoration and evaluation stage.

“She’s doing well, she’s had three surgeries, the third surgery was her final surgery,” stated Melanie Whalen, director of wildlife care and providers.

“The first surgery that they did, they were hoping that the trap didn’t cut the blood flow off from the actual bone, and that the bone would be able to come back from that.

“But it did not, sadly.”

Whalen said that all of the injuries that the bobcat sustained from the trap were across the front of her paw and it closed in behind her pad. They were able to keep the pad, but the bobcat did end up losing four toes on that paw.

She also had a fractured canine tooth that needed to be removed, likely caused by gnawing at the trap.

“Bobbi” was familiar to residents of Calgary’s Chapparel neighbourhood. In mid-January, residents had spotted the bobcat limping around with the trap on her foot. 

At the time, an Alberta Fish and Wildlife officer said it was unclear if the bobcat was targeted or caught in the trap by accident. 

Now, Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation will be transferring the bobcat to a facility with an outdoor enclosure where they will monitor how she’s able to run, climb and hunt. 

“We must do an evaluation, there are animals that lose limbs and so they’re fairly superb within the wild,” Whalen said.

“Because she is a cat, and depends so closely on these entrance claws, we can have an evaluation.”

Based on the assessment, it will be determined whether Bobbi can be released back into her territory. She may also be taken to a sanctuary or something like it.

“We’ve bought one other three weeks, most likely three weeks to a month earlier than we all know, earlier than we will make that ultimate evaluation,” Whalen stated.

There remains to be no info on who set the entice and whether or not it was intentional.