Coyotes do prey on cats -- and love it when little dogs are tied up in the back yard -- its like a meal on a string.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:58 AM Subject: Re: Now Quail - Re: [VFB] > > Coyotes can have an impact on the nests of ground nesting birds, > >but the bigger problem is house and feral cats, > > My daughter has a rather wild tale about one of her cats and most > likely a coyote. > > As she was getting ready to turn in one evening, she heard her cat > scream and went out, turned on the outside lights, and called it. > She saw it's eyes reflecting in the light as it turned and looked her > way beyond the fence in the middle of their 1-acre side-lot. It > appeared to be sitting or standing on something about 2-3 feet off > the ground. She called it again, but it didn't come. Since she was > in her night clothes and barefoot, she didn't go after it, but just > went back inside. She assumed it was on top of some construction > debris (they were doing major remodeling). > > The next morning she found her cat limping out from under the step. > She took it to the vet, who could find no damage other than it looked > like it had been mauled around and was bruised. > > She went back home and looked to see what was in the field that the > cat could have had been standing on. There was nothing there. She > said the cat had to have been in the mouth of a coyote to have been > that high off the ground. > > Needless to say, her cat does NOT want to be outside at night any more. > > > Allan > -- > > Allan Fish > Greenwood, IN > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
