Bobcat that attacked golfer and horse in Connecticut had rabies
The bobcat was shot and killed by state environmental police.
SPRAGUE, Conn. (AP) — A bobcat that attacked a golfer in Connecticut shortly after scratching a horse has tested positive for rabies.
The bobcat was shot and killed by state environmental police shortly after it attacked a man Thursday on the Mohegan Sun Golf Course in Sprague, Connecticut.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection said in a statement the wildcat was taken for testing at the UConn Medical Lab, which confirmed it has rabies.
The golfer and the horse’s owner have been notified.
The golfer, a man in his 60s whose name was not made public, was treated at a hospital for scratches.
Bobcats are common in Connecticut, but attacks on humans are unusual. The last report of a bobcat attack on a human in the state was in Bozrah in August 2014.
