September 11, 2023 – The Macon County Sheriff’s Office says officers recently responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a bobcat.
On Sunday afternoon, the Macon County Sheriff’s Office was called to the intersection of Rt51 & Walker Rd. between Macon & Moweaqua regarding a single motor vehicle accident. According to the Sheriff’s office, the car had collided with a bobcat that had run out in the roadway.
The driver was not injured, however, the bobcat was critically injured & had to be euthanized on-scene.
The bobcat was determined to be a young adult female weighing approximately sixteen pounds.
Bobcats can be found throughout Illinois but are more common in the southern third of the state. Bobcat home ranges can be quite large. A study conducted in southern Illinois reported annual home ranges of 7½ to 20 and 3½ to 6 square miles for male and female bobcats, respectively. Bobcats were taken off Illinois’ list of state-threatened species in 1999 after being found in 99 of the state’s 102 counties.
