We live in So Cal. One morning my husband was looking out our bedroom window (we abut a greenbelt hill) and there was a coyote at our fence. Our little dog is a beagle. My husband decided that the coyote's wife must have asked him to go get 'beagles for breakfast'. We never let our dog out by herself. Too many pet cats have disappeared recently. It's winter here, too, and the food supply is diminishing.
"Too many pet cats...have disappeared"
I have replacements.