Bobcats on the prowl in Hollywood Hills have residents on edge

 

BOBCATS ON THE PROWL: There have been at least three bobcat sightings in the last few days in one Hollywood Hills neighborhood. "Yeah, I was walking by my lower level back here, and there was this huge bobcat right by my back door," resident Patti Negri told KTLA. "He was drinking my dog's water." Negri says coyotes and bobcats have become common in the neighborhood, and that they've been getting bolder.

INSIDE THE BIG HOUSE: Some cool views inside the long-shuttered Hall of Justice in downtown L.A. -- which is being renovated. "When the work is done in a few years, the sheriff's department will be the main occupant of the building where the Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan trials were held and where Marilyn Monroe's autopsy was conducted." (L.A. Observed)

BAD PLAN?: The city's cyclist community isn't happy with L.A.'s bike plan. (Laist)

ECHO PARK NEWS: Growing opposition to Echo Park development. (Eastsider L.A.)

STREETSCAPES: Is Los Feliz Boulevard turning into a used-car lot? Councilman Tom LaBonge wants the city attorney to take action on the number of used cars sitting idly on the residential thoroughfare, reports the Los Feliz Ledger. (Curbed L.A.)

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Comments

[She]

Oh no! There's some nature in my backyard! Eeeek! Get it out, get it out!

[Lorie]

If you have a house that backs up closely to wildland areas you have bought land in an area that requires some level of responsibility by you to minimize the potential for conflicts with wildlife. You can live peacefully and cooperatively with the amazing wildlife that remains in our LA region. Simple owner maintenance and upkeep of your property and pets will minimize the risk of loss of your pets and their food. It is the owner's responsibility to manage their pet's food and not leave attractants out for wildlife- your food, your pet's food, and minding your particularly smaller dogs, and cats (watching them, providing enclosures to ensure when you're gone they are safe). It's just a fact of life.

The fact is the vast majority of wildlife habitat the LA basin has been wiped out by us, and for us to be lucky enough to have these amazing animals living alongside us, there are some basic preventative things we have to do to avoid having CA Fish and Game or animal control needlessly killing our region's wildlife. A world where nothing is left but dogs and cats would be a shame- a terrible shame.

[Reality Chick]

Uh, let's get nature to accomodate YOU! Such arrogance is pathetic.

[schmendric]

I once had a home that backed up to a county park. Deer, coyotes, woods rats, cougars, bobcats , roadrunners -- you name it --abounded. With the exception of the woods rats, which were a problem only when getting under the house, and the deers appetite for my wife's flowers, all the others were welcome guests. They generally minded their manners. Of course, we kept our pets inside. Wonderful to watch a cougar or bobcat display many of the house cat antics.
All the animals enjoyed the water we left for them in a runoff basin. It was a great way to watch their comings and goings. The wild, as we know it, isn't the real wild and there's little reason to fear it.

[Officer Randall]

Bobcats are a native resident of the area, A beautiful animal. Bobcats can live in a variety of environments, from high altitudes, snowy mountains to desert scrub, and live quite comfortably in city suburbs. Bobcats are usually no threat to people, choosing to flee when seen or approached. They will, however, be protective of their cubs and will fight back if cornered. This is a snipet from the Bobcat Brochure for Los Angeles Animal Services.