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Imagine the terror of being separated from your family in a foreign place, and being viciously struck with a fatal blow to the head. This is precisely what happened to an unsuspecting bobcat kitten after she entered a school in Oregon. Please take action now to help prevent needless wild animal killings in the future.

On October 15, a small bobcat kitten walked onto the Oak Hill School campus in Eugene, Oregon. Officers decided the kitten was displaying “unnatural behavior” without consulting the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association (OVMA). Instead, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) and Lane County Sheriff’s Office elected to kill the kitten with “blunt force to the head.” This method is discouraged by the OVMA and is suggested only for newborn animals with thin skulls.

The next day, a second bobcat kitten was found near the school. Since two kittens wandered near the school, their mother may have been injured or killed. While the first kitten was brutally killed by blunt force trauma, ODFW officials examined and released the second. Who says it is abnormal behavior for a bobcat kitten to wander into a building and defend herself when captured by humans and placed in a strange vehicle as displayed in this telling video?

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