PLANO, Texas — Wildlife rescue teams are searching for a bobcat injured by a leg-hold metal trap after a video posted on social media sparked outrage.
The video, shared on NextDoor, was recorded at Hoblitzelle Park in Plano. It shows two bobcats on a pedestrian bridge. One appears to be pacing, while the other struggles with a metal leg-hold trap and a chain clamped to its left rear paw.
“It’s really sad,” said Rebecca Hamlin, president of the North Texas Wildlife Center. “There’s a sense of entitlement that we can control the animals. These animals have a right to exist as much as we do.”…