A full-grown female bobcat was struck by a car early Friday evening in south Lawrence – a fairly unusual event, according to an area game warden.

“You don’t see them too often, not as road kill,” said Justin Koehn, a conservation officer for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

Koehn retrieved the bobcat at about 7:20 p.m., which was lying on the grass just off 31st Street about a half mile west of Louisiana Street. As he carried it to his pickup truck, he estimated the animal weighed about 20 pounds.

Koehn said he would see if someone in his department would want to mount it or use it for canine training.

Glenn Rosebrough, a Lawrence drywall carpenter, saw the animal as he drove by and stopped to inspect it.

“I just hate to see that,” Rosebrough said. “I love wildlife.”