Bobcat missing from North Grenville zoo may have been stolen: OPP

By CityNews Ottawa

Posted Jun 7, 2021 10:57:00 AM.

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Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is looking for a bobcat that went missing from a zoo in North Grenville.

Officers say 'Brett Cody' disappeared from Saunders Country Zoo on Friday after 9 p.m. He is about 20 lbs., and looks like a very large house cat.

It is unknown if he was stolen or intentionally let out.

Police say the animal is friendly and timid with strangers, but can't survive in the wild.

Anyone with information is asked to call Grenville OPP at 613 258-3441.

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