{"id":1014271,"date":"2026-08-21T04:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014271\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T04:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T04:54:16","slug":"longview-animal-control-captures-bobcat-inside-komatsu-manufacturing-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1014271\/","title":{"rendered":"Longview Animal Control captures bobcat inside Komatsu manufacturing plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) &#8211; Animal control officers captured a bobcat that found itself in the middle of a Longview manufacturing plant, the Longview Animal Care and Adoption Center announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers responded around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to the \u201crather unusual\u201d call at the Komatsu property, located at 2400 S. MacArthur St. in Longview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers were able to safely locate and secure the medium-sized wild cat before relocating it to \u201ca more suitable habitat,\u201d the department said in a release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWhile he may look like an oversized house cat, we can assure you that he was not interested in pets, treats or becoming anyone\u2019s new coworker,\u201d the department said in a release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Animal control advised those who encounter bobcats or other wild animals to keep their distance and never attempt to approach, capture or relocate the animal yourself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cCall the professionals and allow trained officers to handle the situation safely,\u201d the department said. \u201cGreat work to our Animal Control Officers for helping this wild visitor find his way back home!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KLTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) &#8211; Animal control officers captured a bobcat that found itself in the middle of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1014272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[27],"tags":[4749,9541,7314,405851,338553,159,67,132,68,9272,837],"class_list":["post-1014271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animal","tag-animal-control","tag-bob","tag-kamatsu","tag-longview","tag-science","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-wild","tag-wildlife"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117131717156109913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1014271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1014271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1014272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1014271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1014271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1014271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}