Punteney interested in donating bobcat to school
July 29, 2021
Kelly Puntney, who has family ties and residency in Thermopolis, has acquired a beautiful bobcat that was mounted by a taxidermist.
Puntney is a landscape architect in Vancouver, Washington and was doing some work for a veterinarian there. This veterinarian had a taxidermied bobcat on display that caught Puntney's eye.
The bobcat, while alive, was found with a broken leg or foot and was not able to be healed. Therefore, it was euthanized and stuffed.
Puntney wanted to buy the bobcat from the veterinarian, but he declined and said it was not available. Puntney was disappointed.
However, later on at the end of Puntney's work, the animal doctor had a change of heart and partially paid Puntney with the bobcat, along with his other fees.
Kelly Puntney's father Pershing Puntney was part of the Thermopolis High School class of 1938 and gave a taxidermied bobcat to the school.
That bobcat has been part of the legacy of the school for many decades and generations of students.
To continue the legacy of his father, Kelly Puntney has had in his heart for some time to replace it since the original has aged and become tattered.
Kelly Puntney said that the bobcat is a great tradition for the school and it's an icon that has a historical connection. Now that he has acquired this new bobcat, he is researching the opportunity to donate it to the highschool.
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