Why was the surly bobcat Mr. Murderbritches freed, while thousands of other ‘nuisance’ wild animals get a bullet?

(Photo courtesy of Josh Carver, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources) This young bobcat, dubbed Mr. Murderbritches, became an internet star after a Utah conservation officer released it after it was caught killing a chicken in Kanarraville. Officer Josh Carver photographed it in Iron County as it dined on roadkill deer after its second release on Nov. 27, 2018.

Why was the surly bobcat Mr. Murderbritches freed, while thousands of other ‘nuisance’ wild animals get a bullet?

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