New York State is seeing an increased in sightings of bobcats all across the state especially in Western and Central New York and New York State is going to be trapping and harvesting.
New York State is actually one of the states that are regulated to trap bobcats. According to the New York State DEC:
Harvest is closely monitored and every bobcat taken must be reported and tagged by DEC personnel. This process allows biologists to collect harvest and demographic information (i.e., sex and age of the animal) and better understand the population…