Wildlife crews looking for bobcats seriously burned in Crowders Mountain fire

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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC (WSOC) — There’s a new concern in the aftermath of a large wildfire on Crowders Mountain as wildlife crews are urgently searching for two bobcats that suffered serious burns.

Channel 9′s Ken Lemon learned that those cats need to hunt to live, and an injury from the fire may have made them incapable of hunting.

The executive director of Carolina Wildlife Conservation Center, Morgan Rafael, says their team wants to find these cats as soon as possible.

Neighbors in Kings Mountain caught video of the bobcats on Crocker Road this week.

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