Dana doesn’t mind having the adorable freeloaders in her backyard, and we wouldn’t either. It would be an amazing experience to watch the mama take care of her babies right in front of our eyes!<\/p>\n
One commenter joked, “‘Should we go pet em?’ – me, in every lifetime,” and we were thinking the exact same thing!<\/p>\n
Related: What Should I Do If a Bobcat Shows Up in My Yard?<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get “pawsitivity” delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n Why Do Bobcats Raise Kittens Near Homes?<\/p>\n Commenter @amberinwunderland summed up what everyone was thinking when they asked, “What kind of catnip<\/a> do I need to grow to have this happen in my yard?”<\/p>\n According to Urban Edge Wildlife<\/a>, “Bobcat mums are single parents\u2014they must feed, protect and teach kittens the art of survival without help. It’s not an easy job in a dangerous environment. Although well camouflaged by their spotted coats, the little ones are vulnerable and might be found by other resident predators.”<\/p>\n Bobcat cubs kittens in tall grass and wild flowers.BGSmith / Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n Project Coyote<\/a> explains that neighborhoods can actually attract mama bobcats because they’re often full of prey like mice and rabbits, and they offer safe hiding places under decks (that’s exactly where Dana’s little bobcat family likes to cool off and stay out of sight), sheds, and even on rooftops. As Project Coyote notes, “That may be one reason bobcats return to the same general areas year after year.”<\/p>\n As adorable as they are, we’re happy admiring this little family from Dana’s backyard instead of our own.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Jul 18, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author Dana Goldstein lives in Canada, and at the beginning of July realized that she had her very…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[329257,329256,79,201],"class_list":["post-771427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-curious-kittens","tag-dana-goldstein","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bobcat](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/pethelpful_915\/1f8e90039a56c1f75af2bdf505ae269b.jpeg\"\/)
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