State wildlife officials are reporting Ohio鈥檚 once-threatened bobcat population is making a comeback due to laws protecting the cats. says residents report of the animals each year.
spokesperson Jamey Emmert says the resurgence is good news for Ohio鈥檚 ecosystem because of the state鈥檚 lack of apex predators.
鈥淭he numbers (of predators and bobcats) are small in comparison to what they were when Ohio was a much more natural state. To have bobcats on the landscape is part of a natural and healthy ecosystem. They eat a lot of small animals that humans don鈥檛 want to have around like mice and other rodents.鈥�
Emmert says bobcat activity is highest in Southeast Ohio.
