You and your cat are very fortunate!
A friend heard something in the early evening, looked out to see a coyote on his small ~20lb dog.
Grabbed a nearby shovel and had to hammer the coyote to make it let go!
The dog survived!!!
The dog had HUNDREDS OF STITCHES! And was shaved mostly bald in the process.
Yes, we are very fortunate!
When we first moved here, I learned quickly about the coyotes that hang out. A few weeks after I heard the coyotes yipping and carrying on one night, I went out by our creek. I saw a bunch of white fluff and moved closer to check it out. Then I saw a rib cage and two hooves. That was all that was left off a white tailed deer. The pack must’ve surrounded the poor animal. Maybe it was injured or something, it was no match for a pack of coyotes.
I thought coyotes only came out at night, but in that photo, you can see plainly that it was daylight already, and it had been for at least 2 hours when I spotted them. I had thought that if our cats weren’t out at night, they would be safe. Nope.