A Bobcat Spent Her Morning Hanging Upside Down From a Florida Fence. By Quitting Time, She Was Free.

STUART, Fla., Nov. 13, 2026 — Tuesday started with a bobcat hanging upside down from a barbed-wire fence in Stuart.

The female cat had gotten one of her back legs caught in the wire around 7 a.m. near the Tres Belle community and couldn't pull herself free, WQCS reported, citing the Martin County Sheriff's Office.

Getting a dangling wild cat off a fence is a group project. Deputy Wes McNeal, Animal Services Officer Shannon McGee and Animal Services Supervisor Cpl. Christine Polizzi worked with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers to carefully work her loose, according to the sheriff's office.

A photo from the rescue showed a small wound on her leg where the wire had wrapped around it, WFLA reported. She went to a local wildlife hospital, where staff gave her a clean bill of health.

The sheriff's office had her home before the end of the day. "We would like to wrap up your workday with some good news," the agency posted Tuesday, saying the bobcat had been "safely released back into the wild" near where she was found, UPI and other outlets reported.

Bobcats live in every county in Florida and often roam suburban edges, golf courses and rural properties hunting rodents, which is how they end up tangled with fences in the first place. This one, hopefully, will give the wire a wider berth.