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MORGAN HILL, CA (PIX11— Police arrested a California man after he killed and ate a bobcat near his home while high on methamphetamine.
While searching for a marijuana farm, officers came across the trailer home of Henry Arnibal, 38, of Morgan Hill. When police investigated Arnibal's trailer home, they reportedly found a supply of methamphetamine, roughly 50 roosters, cockfighting gaffs (hooks that attach to the rooster's leg) and the bobcat carcass hung on the fence.
"They [deputies] talked to the person who was on the property and they wondered why the carcass was there," NBC Bay Area quoted Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Steve Lowney. "What they found out was that, apparently the bobcat had eaten five of the roosters a day or two prior, and that the person had taken a .22 caliber rifle and shot the bobcat, and then ate the bobcat and hung it on a fence."
It is apparently not illegal to eat a bobcat, but Arnibal now faces charges for killing it without a license. It is not clear whether or not he cooked the animal before eating it.
Arnibal was arrested and charged with drug possession, carrying cockfighting gaffs and killing a bobcat.