I Can Haz Ur Face Off!

The Center for Biological Diversity shares a video of officials from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources releasing a bobcat kitten into the wild. This is no sweet baby kitten, however, but one that earned the nickname Mr. Murderbritches. He's angry and threatening wildly out of proportion to his size. I think Lucifer Jr. here will do just fine in the wilderness. -via Metafilter

Update: Read more about Mr. Murderbritches at the Salt Lake Tribune. -Thanks, gwdmaine!

As for the cat’s new name, bestowed by the Center for Biological Diversity: Carver said the cat at the Kanarraville chicken coop appeared to be male, but Murderbritches resisted closer examination. “He’s a mean little cuss, so every time I tried to check, he’d tear into me,” Carver said. “So I never really verified.”

The Backstory on Mr. Murderbritches.

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Mr. Murderbritches is well named. They're called WILDCATS for a reason!

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I've surprised bobcats on several occasions, and can confidently say they act nothing like that. They hide as much as possible, then quietly dash off in a flash when the opportunity arises. A lot tougher than domestic cats, a little ball of muscle and teeth and claws, but still firmly in the hide and run school of self defense.