By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
LOS FRESNOS – A rare ocelot kitten was recently spotted at the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge in Los Fresnos, a discovery that has many wildlife biologists excited.
“It is a big deal,” said Leo Gustafson, Assistant Refuge Manager. “Ocelots are an endangered species here in the United States. That means that there aren’t very many left here in Texas. We are in the northern extent of their range.”
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Hi I live in La Canada California. This is close to Los Angeles I have seen a wild cat in my yard on two occasions ,I know the wild cat population of California . This cat I have never seen in my life , after checking all the pictures of wild cats I identified this as a Ocelot. This was two weeks ago and one month