Posted on 04/08/2011 7:58:48 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Marni Adams was driving down Clifton Road at 7:30 a.m. last Sunday on the way to meet a group of her friends for their regular run.
But her otherwise routine morning took a decided twist when she was confronted by a coyote walking across Clifton near Caldow Street with a cat in its mouth.
Call it a maternal instinct. Or a passion to help an animal in need. Whatever it was, it motivated Adams to stop her car, jump out from behind the wheel and attempt to rescue the cat.
Adams quickly caught up to the coyote and began screaming at the startled animal in hopes it would release its grip on the feline.
“I was making wild sounds, trying to scare the coyote,” Adams recalled. “I could see by the erect cat’s claws that it was alive, trying to fight free. The coyote came to a stop, dropped the cat, proceeded to run up the hill, stopped once to look back and then left.”
Adams was aware of recent complaints from local residents about coyotes snatching pets that were running loose, and she has seen coyotes often as she lives near Knox Mountain.
She said the protocol for what to do if confronted by a coyote with a pet cat in its mouth didn’t enter her mind, as her first instinct was to help the cat.
Other than being angry and hissing, Adams said the cat amazingly didn’t suffer any wounds.
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I wondered about that too. I'm guessing that the coyote's habit is to take the food fresh back to its den and allow the pups to tear it apart.
My beloved Brigid was Bengal... fabulous cats!!
Aww, gee, I miss her.
Why? Reminds me of a former neighbor (an English lady) who used to trap chipmunks that ragaged her garden and then carry them 1/2 mile away and let them loose on the golf course. It never occurred to her that she was trapping a releasing the same animals over and over again.
Sounds like it has good reason to be nervous.
There is at least one family of coyotes in the area, and some folks don’t think they are “real” so they let the pets out without leashes or supervision. Something responsible pet owners would never do.
If I live to be 120, I’ll never understand why people think pets (and kids) are disposable.
But don’t get me started! LOL!
SOOO glad it was a happy ending for the kitty....who used up maybe 2 lives in that situation...
Depressing...especially when they are in a conservative forum.....
LOL!!
OMG...I've seen read everything in here now....lol
People that own those kind of traps have absolutely no soul...IMHO.
My Brother lost two of his farm/barn cats to one large owl over a two week period!
That’s part of the Circle of Life!
By the way there maybe domesticated cats but FERAL cats are not in that group.
Also free roaming cats are considered “FERAL”, where I live.
Live in a city do ya?
And? Cats won’t take down farm animals but a pack of coyotes will.
Sorry for posting a cute. I’ve learned my lesson.
Pack of kittens take down large dog.
Even a domesticated cat will take farm animals(chickens, rabbits). I know this to be a fact as I have seen the results.
Where my brother lives there are less Coyotes than the neighboring counties as most people don’t scream at them. They shoot and shovel. Some times they do not even shovel. Also the sheriff doesn’t consider them cute, either!
The coyotes here are brazen and numerous. The neighboring farm didn’t think they’d get 2 calves but they did. And nearly everything will take chickens and rabbits. lol
There are some on the thread that believe that cats are as much of a threat as coyotes, or that coyotes aren't a real threat. Coyotes are around here. In my township you can get a "nuisance" license to shoot anything that threatens your stock. I think bears are excluded.
The asinine part is you equating a cat to a human baby. The coyote didn’t think it was someones property, he thought it was dinner. He was almost right.
Coyotes doing what coyotes do!
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