Overview
- Staff at the Chippewa Correctional Facility reported Tuesday morning that a bobcat spent more than an hour on an exterior fence.
- Observers said the animal jumped out of the wire, ran the building perimeter, climbed a maple tree, and moved into the parking lot.
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources workers responded on site and corralled the bobcat off prison property.
- The Michigan Department of Corrections shared a photo and account of the encounter on Facebook around 2 p.m.
- Officials and local reporting note broader regional activity that includes a rebounding bobcat population, more cougar sightings in the UP, and changing wolf behavior on Isle Royale.