Mountain Lion Slaughters Cats (CA)

Mountain News ^ | May 7, 2009 | Cat Robertson

[nothingnew]

Cats on cats

FMCDH(BITS)

[CottonBall]

Wh in the heck would leave their precious pets out at such an hour, especially in CA. We have all sorts of meat eating animals that come out at night here even in the cities. I have let a previous cat I owned outside (before he was hit by a car at 18 years old) but always brought him in for the night. That is just wrong.

Plus to keep them caged. If they were at least free, they'd have a little bit of a chance.

[CottonBall]

“This is one mean cat. Anyone caught by this thing, if it was in the right frame of mind, would be killed.”

That's a stupid statement. Mountain lions don't kill for fun, like humans do. They kill to survive.

[JoeProBono]

[jazusamo]

From litter box to driveway to neighbor's yard

LOL! So true.

[HiJinx]

I love Arizona - season on lions is open year-round, and it’s an $11 over-the-counter tag...

[Fawn]

So would people! LOL

[Fawn]

No ...they.....don’t. They were put on this earth with claws, night vision and hunting skills. They were meant to be outside, but a large accomodating environment inside the home is an ideal —unless you ask the cat... most won’t be as happy. You also have to consider the different area... a city is worse than the suburbs.

[nothingnew]

Oh, what am I sayin'? Godbless ya Joe. I love ya man.

FMCDH(BITS)

[TheOldLady]

"Even though cougars are protected in CA they’d have a hard time prosecuting you for shooting one that was attacking pets or livestock on your property."

That's great news. :-)

[azishot]

What a sad story. We live in an area that has lots of coyotes and some bobcats. Really bothers me when I see the neighbor’s cat roaming around all hours of the day and night.

[TheOldLady]

"One used to try to escape, but then figured out that the meal service was a lot better inside."

Ain't that the truth. Our first two got out after the smart one opened a sliding screen door in the dining room. He came back in when we called him, but the other one had to be hunted down and captured. She never even thought about going outside again, she was so scared of the noise and the (very light -- residential) traffic after eight years inside.

[sheikdetailfeather]

I feed some of the stray cats around here and a few weeks ago I heard a lot of whining about 2-3am. I went to the back door and saw two baby raccoons whining like crazy up in the tree near the hedge and they looked straight at me. Directly under the racoons was what looked like a yellow fluffy cat up near them hanging there! (One of the cats I feed looks like what I saw) THE WEIRD PART IS..I HEARD A LOUD SNORTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HEDGE NEAR THE TREE WHERE THE RACCOONS WERE. I THINK IT WAS A WILD BOAR! I yelled “Get!!” The yellow thing leaped out of the tree and whatever was snorting was running after it and IT SOUNDED BIG! I had heard the snorting thing two weeks prior to that in the palmetto bushes one night. (Central Florida) Kind of scary, ha? The yellow cat is still around so he is safe.

[TheOldLady]

"Then they come in and get everything wet. I found 30 minutes on the fluff cycle in the dryer gets that taking care of right away. Add a bounce sheet and they smell good too."

Oh, stop it. ;-)

You do remind me of my former vet who had a grooming service. He had a cat drier, a big box with circulating hot air and a clear door, but it wasn't a tumble drier. My cats loved it.

[My hearts in London - Everett]

I was wondering who the heck keeps their cats outside in a cage?? I’ve never heard of this before.

[martin_fierro]

“I was at my computer and I heard this heinous scream,” the woman’s husband said.

Duuuuude. Big kittehdude eatin' up all th' little kittehdudes really harshes yer mellow.

[The KG9 Kid]

Our neighbor lost their cat to a coyote. They saw it being carried away in the coyote's jaws. Around the corner last year I saw a dead coyote that got stomped flat by a wild horse. We have a lot of wild horse bands running around here dropping horse flop wherever they like.

I don't hate coyotes, but if I see one on the property it's blastin' time. If it's a wild horse, I'll just stay away and hope that it doesn't decide to jackass kick my car in the driveway.

[jazusamo]

I hear you on the coyotes, they’re cunning and will come after pets and small animals. They’re also very intelligent and if they get shot at they’ll get the message and give you a wide berth.

Nice home page and all beautiful pics. Years ago I played three or four golf courses around Lake Tahoe and that looks like it could be one of them.

[PERKY2004]

We enclosed both of our covered patios so our "inside-only" cats could enjoy the great outdoors (well, the patio) in a safe and protected way. They have access to their "catios" through cat-doors in our sliding glass doors ... we've got cat condos and shelves out there for them. We had the catio enclosures built and installed by a local guy who builds custom-built aviaries.

[holly go-rightly]

I seriously like your green cat habitat. I could live there no problem. You rock and your cats are very lucky!