A Pennsylvania, iyakance farauta da kamawa an sake ba da izini, bayan an dakatar da shi daga 1970 zuwa 1999. Bobcat kuma ya sha wahala yawan jama'a a New Jersey a farkon karni na 19, musamman saboda ci gaban kasuwanci da aikin gona wanda ya haifar da rarrabuwa na mazauni; a shekara ta 1972, an ba da cikakken kariya ta doka, kuma an jera shi a matsayin mai haɗari a cikin jihar a shekarar 1991. L. r. escuinipae, wani nau'in da aka samo a Mexico, an dauki shi a matsayin wanda ya ƙare a Amurka da kuma Wildlife Service, amma an cire shi a cikin 2005. Bobcat ya dade yana da haɗari ga wasanni da wasanni; an farautar da mutane da kuma kama shi, amma ya ci gaba da kasancewa da yawan jama'a, har ma a cikin kudancin Amurka, inda aka haramta shi daga 1970 zuwa 1999. Wannan binciken ya nuna cewa yawan jama'a ya ragu sosai a farkon karni na 19, musamman ma a cikin yankunan kudancin Amurka, inda aka rage yawan jama'a da yawa, amma a farkon shekarun 1980 ya haifar da raguwa a cikin yawan jama'a, wanda ya haifar da raguwa da yawan jama'a. A cikin California, wannan
Ohio, Indiana, da kuma New Jersey