Moment Five Bobcats Chill Out In Colorado Familys Back Garden

This is the moment several wild bobcats chill out in a Colorado family’s garden.

The incident was filmed in a garden in Jefferson County in the US state of Colorado and the footage was shared online on 24th October.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) posted the video on social media with the message: “Can you spot all 4 bobcats in this video? Bobcats in an urban setting will generally concentrate where their prey is most abundant and that usually is going to be in riparian corridors.”

Although CPW said there were four bobcats in the footage, local reports said there were five.

The video shows the bobcats sitting in the shade in a family back garden.

According to local media, Colorado boasts a population of about 12,000 bobcats (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, however seeing five at the same time is considered extremely rare.

The local authorities advise residents to keep a distance if they encounter a bobcat, and to make sure children and pets are kept away.

The CPW says on its website: “The bobcat is a familiar animal, but it is secretive and seldom seen. The animals are 32–37 inches long with a tail about 6 inches in length. Bobcats are similar in appearance to their cousin, the lynx.

“Indeed, they are especially difficult to distinguish in the Southern Rockies, where the local bobcat is large and pale in color (several points of contrast are provided in the profile of the lynx). Hasty observers sometimes confuse mountain lion kittens - which are spotted - with bobcats or lynx, but that is a careless error because young cougars have distinctly long tails.”

@CPW_NE/NF/Lee Bullen