“I’ve only ever seen one once in real life like running across a road somewhere,” Peters said. Officer Jones used a catch pole around the animal’s neck as a precaution while Peters carried him to their van. Peters carries the bobcat to a cage in the van. “And he was completely fine,” Peters said. Peters said the trio loosened and moved the plastic components and pulled the wire before the bobcat dropped under the vehicle. “And really, in reality, the only thing holding him up was a wire… to his underbelly and one plastic piece under his ribcage.” “And as he started to go limp, he started to drop a little bit lower,” Peters explained. Peters then sedated the animal, which had been wedged into the grill, and within four minutes the big cat was “pretty much out.” 'When we walked by, he hissed at us, so he’s alive and may be OK, which was so crazy since she drove from Gloucester to VCU.”

It’s really a bobcat stuck in the front of a Prius grill,” Peters said. Those supplies included a stick pole that would allow her to safely administer a sedative to tranquilize the animal. Peters said she changed out of her pajamas, grabbed a coat and then went to pick up supplies from the shelter. 'I didn’t want to make anybody else get out of bed on Thanksgiving morning, so I went with my dad.” “We’ve never done anything like this,” Peters explained. Peters said the text contained the 'crazy eyes' emoji along with the question, “What do I do?”īobcat waiting to be freed from Prius grill. And the text was, ‘I’m on a call with a bobcat stuck in the grill of a car – and he’s still alive.’' “Officer Jones sent me a text message at 8:06. baking her husband's favorite chocolate pie in preparation for hosting Thanksgiving when she got a text message from RACC Officer Barbara Jones. Peters said she had been up since 6:30 a.m. However, it was not until she parked in Richmond that she discovered a bobcat lodged in the grill of her Prius that had survived the 50-mile, nearly hour-long journey to the city. Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) Director Christie Peters told WTVR that a woman driving to work that morning knew that she had hit something in Gloucester County. The director of an animal control office in Virginia experienced a Thanksgiving 'miracle' after rescuing a bobcat trapped in the grill of a car Thursday morning. Bobcat survives 50-mile ‘miracle’ trip stuck in car grill

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