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A bobcat perches in a tree near Russell’s Auto Salon just after noon Wednesday. Later, a young bobcat, presumably the same one, was observed trying to break into a nearby chicken coop, prompting a Colorado Division of Wildlife officer to catch it and release it unharmed into the wild.

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DOW captures young bobcat in Steamboat

A young bobcat that crossed U.S. Highway 40 at midday Wednesday in search of a chicken dinner was caught and released back into the wild by a Colorado Division of Wildlife officer. The bobcat attracted curious onlookers when it first was spied perched in an aspen tree next to Russell’s Auto Salon just after noon.

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