VENICE, Fla. (WFLA) — A home in Venice had an unexpected four-legged visitor early Monday morning, but fortunately, it was just passing through.
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Camera footage from the home’s front porch captured a bobcat crossing through the property at around 5:15 a.m., demonstrating an impressive knowledge of how to use a sidewalk.
The wild cats are widely distributed throughout the state and can make a home in a wide variety of habitats, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
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They’re not an uncommon sight in residential neighborhoods either, and, with a diet of mostly small mammals, can help keep rodent and pest populations under control.
The homeowner said it’s the first time he’s seen a bobcat in the South Venice neighborhood, but suspects it may have been hunting one of the wild rabbits that sometimes hang around his yard…