The State - News from April 23, 1987

A woman from Bolinas, north of San Francisco, who ran over a 25-pound bobcat and tossed it into the back of her car thinking it was dead, was terrified when it recovered consciousness and tried to attack her. “If (the bobcat) hadn’t had a pelvic fracture, he would have torn her apart,” said Ray Dieter, a veterinarian who removed the snarling animal from the car. Dieter and Dr. Russ Gurevitch, of Petaluma, spent eight hours repairing the cat’s shattered hip. If it recovers, they plan to release it at Point Reyes National Seashore.