Neighborhood: Preston Hollow Living Means Getting Used to the Wild Life. Literally

Preston Hollow is home to George W. and Laura Bush, Tom Hicks, Lisa Blue, Mark Cuban, T. Boone Pickens, Tom Leppert, and a host of the city’s wealthiest citizens. More if you count in Strait Lane — Ross Perot! Mike Rawlings! –which I’m not sure is really true Preston Hollow. Of course, the name has been geographically expanded But look what else you find here — the wild life, literally. Get used to wild life in the creeks, bamboo, and even in your own back yard. This Bobcat was caught by a neighbor on his phone camera just a few homes away from our’s here on Ricks Circle. In the last few weeks we have lost at least one 25lb dog, several cats, all to a predator most of us assumed was a coyote. I saw a pack of them across the street not too long ago.

But this, this is a is a big cat!

At first we thought he was carrying a rabbit, but my son pointed out rabbits don’t have tails.

And we are pretty sure this is a bobcat — look at the bobbed tail:

Bobcats usually eat rabbits, squirrels and rodents. That’s why we thought our friend was carrying off a bunny… my neighbor’s dog was 25 lbs and we hear a dog on Kenny Lane was mangled but survived.

I know this is their land and all that, but we are watching our dogs carefully when they go out at night. Very carefully.

Anyhow, this got me to thinking: what other neighborhoods in Dallas have wild life like this Bobcat? Park Cities? The Design District (I’ve seen wild dogs down there). Preston Trails? Lakewood? Oak Cliff? Lochwood and Lake Highlands?