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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No, the cat should be saved-too bad for the coyote.
I hope in future that you AND your fiance "carry" (either open or concealed as you prefer) on your walks, not just for coyotes. Too many stories of domestic canines let "run loose" and attacking.
How do you know it wasn't a stray/feral cat? If it was someone's property, why were they letting it run free? In that regard, being eaten by a coyote is no different than being run over by a car, or chopped up by an aspiring serial killer. If cat owners care about their pets, they need to care about their pets.
I'm no fan of coyotes, but nature will play out as it does when afforded the opportunity.
LOL!!
I knew that story reminded me of something!
wow..here in NE-CT we hear them in packs, howling. Very rarely see them though, but they have hundreds of acres to roam in-we live in “The Last Green Valley” in CT. I would imagine the Atlanta suburbs are not as wooded as here.
I wish I could hear you do a dying rabbit call...I didn’t know they had one!
Sorry to correct you but there are 5 W’s. Who, what, when, where and why.
All could have been averted if the cat's owner had not let the cat outside. I have indoor only cats since we moved to an area where coyotes are on the prowl.
On a bright note: the local coyotes did get rid of the pesky rabbits ruining my yard! :D
We live in an old farmhouse on 80 acres. The cats outside kill smaller pests and keep them out of the house. Coyotes provide no useful purpose.
They served my purpose...my yard is now rabbit free :)
Try having chickens, goats and calves instead of rabbits. Packs of coyotes are dangerous to children and livestock. I’m glad your rabbit problem is solved (they are annoying) but now that they’re scarce what do you think the coyotes will hunt next? Anything they can bring down. Coyotes have become a serious problem.
You’re bad! Go stand in the corner till you can behave yourself.
If you get both with one shot it is called a "Quigley"!
Cats are one of their favorite meals around here. I’m not particularly against cats, just the servants of cats who permit them to become a nuisance.
Servants of cats moving into this area rarely listen to the locals warnings about keeping cats secured.
Inevitably, they come around with the “lost cat” poster. It’s unfortunate, but then again, if they were warned, I can’t generate much sympathy.
There was one cat that I was glad to see go missing though, the servants wouldn’t keep it under control on the AF base I was living on at the time. Cat kept climbing on the car, messing with the dogs in the backyard, etc. I warned them, reported them to the base SF’s, etc.
Finally, justice. The cat went “missing”. [I didn’t do it!]
Coyote population is exploding. They are becoming a huge nuisance.
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First, you have to protect them and make laws that will not let one shoot them.
Might want to check in with FL and see how they handled their gator problem.
..........SARC.......
A scoped Marlin 60 22LR is what Coyotes deserve.....don’t waste a shot with the pistol...do it right ....do it final..
They are pests for sure, but they also control certain smaller varmints. You won’t see one carrying off a small dog or cat to eat. Coyotes deserve to be shot on sight anywhere that isn’t open range. Near populated areas they are invaders that need to be shot.
“I wish I could hear you do a dying rabbit call...I didn’t know they had one!”
The sound is horrible. LOL!! You can get one at Pro Bass or Dick’s or most any sporting good store. Those coyotes will really come running when you crank that thing up.
“Too many stories of domestic canines let “run loose” and attacking.”
When I lived in the California backcountry, idiots city folk would dump their unwanted mutts in the foothills. Then they’d pack up with other mutts, go feral and terrorize the area. It would get so bad at times that I’d need to carry a scattergun and tie a buntline on my hip for protection.
Once in a while, a newcomer would cut himself from the pack and come begging for food. I’d feed him a few days and when he seemed friendly enough, I’d load him on the truck and take him to the local shelter.
Other mutts weren’t so lucky.
I always tell city folk that dog biscuits don’t grow on trees. Most of the animals they let loose will starve. But some people are stupid and animals needlessly suffer.
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