I know right. Sadly they probably did the right thing. Not because anyone was in danger. But, because with the Knoxville Tiger in the news they would have been inundated with calls from angry parents of they hadn't.
I'm not a big cat expert but how in the world do you mistake a bobcat for an adult tiger? I'll say this, if it is a bobcat that's as big as tiger, they need to get that thing off the streets.