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Coyote releases grip on cat when suddenly confronted
bclocalnews.com ^ | 8 Apr 2011 | Barry Gerding

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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TOPICS: Canada; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kittyheartattack; kittyping
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To: Sea Parrot
Must have been a gentle soft mouthed coyote.

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.

121 posted on 04/09/2011 11:53:57 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My beloved Brigid was Bengal... fabulous cats!!
Aww, gee, I miss her.


122 posted on 04/09/2011 11:57:54 AM PDT by La Enchiladita (Remember, Reflect, Renew: 2011, 10 years since 9/11. Never Forget.)
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To: bert
I had an identical situation in my yard. I had to literally pry a chipmunk from the mouth of a very angry neighbors cat .

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.

123 posted on 04/09/2011 2:16:01 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Monkey Face

Sounds like it has good reason to be nervous.


124 posted on 04/09/2011 2:32:29 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

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!


125 posted on 04/09/2011 3:10:52 PM PDT by Monkey Face ("...By small and simple things are great things brought to pass...." Alma 37:6)
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To: smokingfrog

SOOO glad it was a happy ending for the kitty....who used up maybe 2 lives in that situation...


126 posted on 04/09/2011 3:25:20 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: ladyjane
Nothing like a kitty-cat thread to bring out the sickos.

Depressing...especially when they are in a conservative forum.....

127 posted on 04/09/2011 3:26:49 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: West Texas Chuck
I hope the cat she saved is OK and lives long enough to piss in your bushes, right outside your bedroom window, fool.

LOL!!

128 posted on 04/09/2011 3:29:57 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: Grizzled Bear
At the end of the day, you're still a race baiting idiot. You likely also pick your butt and eat your boogers. Those are your better qualities.

OMG...I've seen read everything in here now....lol

129 posted on 04/09/2011 3:33:24 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: West Texas Chuck

People that own those kind of traps have absolutely no soul...IMHO.


130 posted on 04/09/2011 3:35:47 PM PDT by Fawn (No--bama 2012)
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To: DJ MacWoW
Cats are domestic, coyotes are not. There's world of difference.


131 posted on 04/09/2011 3:55:26 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: DJ MacWoW

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.


132 posted on 04/09/2011 3:56:09 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Flush Congress in 2010 & 2012)
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To: Doe Eyes
That pic is cute but has nothing to do with a pack of coyotes taking down 2 of the neighboring farms calves. Notice that it wasn't a pack of cats.

Live in a city do ya?

133 posted on 04/09/2011 4:02:28 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: GOYAKLA

And? Cats won’t take down farm animals but a pack of coyotes will.


134 posted on 04/09/2011 4:03:44 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: DJ MacWoW

Sorry for posting a cute. I’ve learned my lesson.


135 posted on 04/09/2011 4:08:01 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: DJ MacWoW
Cats won’t take down farm animals but a pack of coyotes will.

Pack of kittens take down large dog.

136 posted on 04/09/2011 4:14:52 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: DJ MacWoW

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!


137 posted on 04/09/2011 4:16:38 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Flush Congress in 2010 & 2012)
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To: GOYAKLA

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


138 posted on 04/09/2011 4:23:54 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: Doe Eyes
Aha! You didn't learn your lesson! Cute pic. ;-)

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.

139 posted on 04/09/2011 4:28:25 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are at your door! How will you answer the knock?)
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To: terycarl

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!


140 posted on 04/09/2011 4:32:05 PM PDT by Ditter
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