WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) - A bobcat that was hit by a car and spent months in rehabilitation is back in the woods in New Jersey.
The state Fish and Wildlife Division on Wednesday released the animal in Waywayanda State Park in Passaic County on Wednesday.
It had spent months of rehabilitation for an injured leg at the Woodlands Wildlife Refuge in Hunterdon County.
Officials say the bobcat needed pins, wires, screws and plates to repair multiple femur and joint fractures to its right hind leg. It was estimated to be 6 to 7 months old at the time of the injury in November and is now close to a year old.
The bobcat is New Jersey’s only species of wild cat and is listed as endangered in the state.
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