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>Also, that's not a Bobcat. Probably best if you're going to write a sensationalized article, at least spend 5 mins to try to get your facts straight.

How can you tell? Some quick google searches of Texas bobcats show similar looking cats. They do look a bit different from what I am used to in the upper midwest.

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Looking into a bit more, the only cats that would be likely candidates that I can find would be a margay (likely too small) or an ocelot. If either were the case, I would think it would be a bigger story considering how few live in Texas.

I'm a midwesterner and I've seen my a share of cats while outdoors... but I actually don't know what those photo is, but I'm fairly certain it's not "an endangered Bobcat". Something is off about the color and dot print, I've never seen it that prominent. Nearly every bobcat I've seen or had appear on a trailcam has much more subdued features and they're not as "orangey". They're unbelievably hard to spot with your eyes.

FYI also in the midwest, anything that is wild and meows is generally referred to as "a bobcat", save the mountain lion.

The article actually specifically calls it out as not endangered, so not sure where your quote is from.

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