A Kelowna woman is warning her fellow neighbours that a bobcat is on the prowl.
After spotting the feline a couple of times over a number of days, Deana Steele finally caught the cat on tape on Tuesday.
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She said the cat has been prowling her neighbourhood on Hobson Road in the Mission and she wanted to ensure other pet owners knew it was in the area.
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She told the Cap News that she followed the cat's tracks and believe it may be hanging out in the rocks at the Rock House on Hobson.
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Steele reported the sighting to a biologist at UBC Okanagan who informed her the cat likely came down from the mountains because of all the snow.
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A friend of hers also got great daytime shots of the cat, see below, which she believes is the same bobcat given the vicinity to her neighbourhood.
Brad Borthistle was on Crighton Road when he sapped some shots of a bobcat in the area this week.
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