[hanamizu]

A barn owl might nab a kitten or a teacup poodle, but I don’t think it could get off of the ground with a full-sized cat.

[Deaf Smith]

"get off the ground with a full-sized cat."

Around here they kill & eat the cats on the spot.

They use their beak to clip off the paws and head, the open the rib cage to eat the entrails.

[MHGinTN]

Well, the one who took neighborhood CAT was big enough. That owl dropped the full grown cat from high up and injured him too badly to save him. That owl picked up rabbits and dropped them from way up on a regular basis, then swooped down to finish the hapless animals.

I was wrapped up in a sleeping bag with only my head exposed, watching the night sky for the meteor shower and had that big owl circle overhead. That owl is no small critter. And I was alarmed enough to get more of me out of the bag so the critter could see I was too big for it to carry. I estimate the wingspan of that Owl was at least six feet.