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Although the bobcat’s usual fare is mice, rats, squirrels, birds, and rabbits, it may attack farm animals. This tendency led some states to classify the cat as a varmint, with a bounty on its scalp.
Then, in 1975, an international treaty—the Convention on International Trade and Endangered Species (CITES)—banned all commercial trade in the furs of big spotted cats. With their old supply cut off, the once-scorned bobcat pelt, which is tan to reddish brown, looked quite attractive to European furriers. Prices soared—one pelt sold for as much as $400—and in the 1976-77 trapping season, more than 100,000 bobcats were taken.
Some biologists began to worry about the bobcat population, but information was scarce. In 1977, ESSA, which was established to direct U. S. compliance with CITES, proposed that all exports of bobcat fur be banned. In the face of loud protests from some state and game agencies, ESSA backed down, but did place the cat on Appendix II of CITES. This means ESSA must revievy the bobcat population and
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