Massachusetts man attacked by bobcat in his garage
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BROOKFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A man in Massachusetts says all he heard was a hiss before a bobcat pounced on him in his own garage, sinking its teeth into his face and its claws in his back.

Roger Mundell Jr. went into the garage in Brookfield on Sunday morning to fetch some tie-down straps for a friend when the animal attacked.

It then ran out of the garage and bit Mundell's 15-year-old nephew on the arms and back.

Mundell and his wife pinned the cat to the ground and shot it dead.

Mundell, his nephew and his wife, are being treated for rabies. His wife wasn't bitten, but got the animal's blood on her.

State Environmental Police took the bobcat to have it tested for rabies, which they think is likely given its unusual behavior.
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January 07, 2013
2 things happened here- and both are probably going to be blamed on Mitt Romney since he was from Mass. 1- we need more mental health programs for bobcats in either Obama-care or in Mass-Care. 2-bobcats in Mass. need to register themselves and get state issued ID's and provide copies of their vet records.
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