From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for April 2, 1989:

A young female bobcat that had suffered pelvic fractures the previous year after being hit by a car was returned to the wild today after five months of recuperation. The 2-year-old bobcat had been brought to Wildcare at Kansas University’s Animal Care Unit to be nursed back to health by the center’s veterinary technicians. Topeka veterinarian Robert Johnson, who had brought the big cat to the KU clinic, said a motorist had hit the animal while trying to avoid a group of four bobcats crossing a road. Johnson had attempted to release the bobcat back into the wild after treating it for a few days, but changed his mind because the animal had been in too much pain to walk. State wildlife officials had then decided to transfer the 10-pound cat to the rehabilitation facility at KU. “When we first got it, its back legs were completely useless,” said Nancy Schwarting, co-director of the unit and supervisor of the bobcat’s later release. After months of care, both at the KU site and later at Sunflower Farm near DeSoto, the animal now had an excellent chance at survival, Schwarting said. It was beginning to be the busy time of year for Wildcare, where the total number of animals received annually for rehab had increased from about 50 animals in 1981 to about 600 in 1987.