{"id":39514,"date":"2025-08-04T11:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/bobcat-trapped-in-car-grill-after-collision-shocks-driver-wildlife-officials-respond\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:30:08","slug":"bobcat-trapped-in-car-grill-after-collision-shocks-driver-wildlife-officials-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/bobcat-trapped-in-car-grill-after-collision-shocks-driver-wildlife-officials-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobcat Trapped in Car Grill After Collision Shocks Driver | Wildlife Officials Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FLiZPvYMm6A?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>A driver got an unexpected shock after discovering a bobcat trapped in the front grill of their car following a collision. Wildlife officials say the animal had likely jumped out of a tree in pursuit of prey and was struck before becoming lodged in the vehicle\u2019s engine area. Despite rescue efforts, the bobcat\u2019s injuries were too severe to survive. Experts say incidents like this are becoming more common due to urban expansion pushing wildlife into developed areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A driver got an unexpected shock after discovering a bobcat trapped in the front grill of their car<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}