The animal, which had attacked a nearby horse earlier in the day, was euthanized.
A California bobcat. By Michael Errigo Michael Errigo Reporter covering high school sports. Email Bio Follow April 19 at 11:11 AM A foursome of golfers was gathered near a fairway bunker on the seventh hole of the Mohegan Sun’s golf course in Sprague, Conn., Thursday morning when a rabid bobcat attacked one of the men, according to local authorities. The golfer reportedly fought off the animal with his club.
“[The bobcat] jumped on his back; he was able to fight it off with a golf club,” Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection officer Sgt. Chris Dwyer said to Connecticut station WFSB. “He thought it was dead as he walked a few steps away. It ended up jumping back up and taking off on him.”
All golfers were immediately cleared from the course and the victim, believed to be in his 60s, was transported to a hospital around 9 a.m. He had cuts to his back and the back of his legs, according to Dwyer."In my 20 years with the DEEP I’ve only had three rabid bobcats,” Dwyer said. “They are extremely aggressive, extremely vicious when they do have the rabies virus. . . . Usually those types of incidents are associated with a sick animal.
Bobcat attacks on humans are rare. The last reported attack in Connecticut came in 2014, according to DEEP. “We tell [people], ‘You are a 1,000 times more likely to get bitten by your neighbor’s dog,’ ” Dwyer told the Hartford Courant.Red Sox’ David Price says he’ll skip White House visit because it’s 'baseball season’Warriors’ Kevin Durant states his case as basketball’s most complete player
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