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Rehabilitated bobcat released after 4-month recovery in Ramona

Photo courtesy San Diego Humane Society
 
East County News Service
 
Feb. 23, 2026 (Ramona) — A bobcat kitten was returned to her native habitat yesterday (Feb. 22) after undergoing four months of intensive medical treatment at the San Diego Humane Society’s Ramona Wildlife Center.
 
The release marked the end of a recovery process that began under critical conditions. On Oct. 14, 2025, a gardener discovered the kitten in a San Clemente landscape. At the time, the young bobcat was suffering from severe emaciation, anemia and mange.

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