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Officials say bobcat sightings on rise in Indiana

Bobcats were classified as endangered from 1969 until 2005, when they were removed from Indiana's endangered species list.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana wildlife officials say bobcat sightings are increasing and the state could someday allow a limited fur-trapping season for the wildcats.

Bobcats were classified as endangered from 1969 until 2005, when they were removed from Indiana's endangered species list.

WRTV reports the state Department of Natural Resources has been tracking an increase in bobcat sightings around Indiana. The agency this week posted on its Facebook page a photograph of a young bobcat struck and killed by a car in central Indiana's Tipton County.

The DNR says Indiana's bobcat population is expected to continue growing in areas with good habitat.

The agency says it's possible there may be a limited trapping season for bobcats in the future, especially in their strongholds in southern and northeastern Indiana.

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