That bobcat caught patrons off guard, causing some to jump on pool tables and grab pool sticks before pulling their cell phone cameras out for pictures. Another patron explains, “My friend got down with his camera phone and the cat jumped up and hit him in the face.”

Kyle Hicks is now undergoing treatment for rabies. He tells 3TV the bobcat, “Scratched up my face pretty good the back of my ears.”

Another patron had his leg scratched by the sick wild animal while trying to get out of its way.

Cottonwood Police later shot the bobcat three times and killed it. The animal was then sent to Phoenix for rabies testing

Salazar said wolves would remain a protected species in Wyoming because its law and management plans were not strong enough. But management of the predator will be turned over to state agencies in Montana and Idaho and parts of Washington, Oregon and Utah, in addition to the Great Lakes states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The Obama administration had ordered a review of the removal decision announced in January, shortly before the Bush administration departed. Salazar said he had concluded that dropping the wolf from the list was justified by its strong comeback in the two regions, which together have a population of nearly 5,600 wolves.

"The recovery of the gray wolf throughout significant portions of its historic range is one of the great success stories of the Endangered Species Act," he said in a conference call from Washington, D.C.

Wolves in the other parts of the lower 48 states, including the Southwest, remain on the endangered list.

This will likely be challenged further in courts, but it is a positive step for those hoping for wolf hunting or calling seasons. Idaho and Montana already have already had plans in place for public hunts and those will likely move forward pending more legal battles.