Those coyotes were noisy and quick!

[kap]

I woke up to the screeching of someone's pet. It was over in a couple of minutes. The night is still now.
We have been living in the area since 2004. We have been warned of them by the neighbors and the city police. On occasion we even see a 'resident' one hanging around the corner of our cult de sac but tonight was our first audio of the hunt.

[RgrF]

Coming home at night I from time to time catch them in the headlights, they resemble overgrown foxes. We moved onto their natural habitat, they are only doing what they need to to survive, we lost a cat to them. If we'd stayed out of their turf we'd of not lost that cat.

Neither would we have the views we have.

[Doc]

> If we'd stayed out of their turf we'd of not lost that cat.

If you'd have kept the cat indoors, you'd not have lost that cat.

[RgrF]

Doc wrote:
> If we'd stayed out of their turf we'd of not lost that cat.

If you'd have kept the cat indoors, you'd not have lost that cat.

True,

The cat was an "outdoor cat" that moved with us. Ever tried to confine an older outdoor cat? She lasted about 14 months - longer than expected before rejoining the food chain.

[what4]

Coyotes are moving into our area, extending their range East and South.

[Doc]

> Ever tried to confine an older outdoor cat?

Yes.

It always bugs me when people insist that it can't be done. All of our cats have been adopted off the street. All have adapted to being "indoor" cats pretty easily. We've bred cats for domesticity. It's in their genes.

Some people have a stupid fantasy that domesticated cats are actually better off living outdoors, even when they know that the cats will suffer from mites, fleas, ticks, fights with other cats, neighbors bent on trapping and poisoning them, cars, predators and other threats and will -- of course -- die an early death.

Those people need a hard kick in the head.

[RgrF]

We aren't cat breeders. We're a family that got sick and tired of having the place shredded and shit on by a "domestic animal". We had another cat and still have who didn't insist on emancipation.

[Doc]

RgrF wrote:
We're a family that got sick and tired of having the place shredded and shit on by a "domestic animal". We had another cat and still have who didn't insist on emancipation.

With all due respect, some people simply lack the temperament to keep any but the most simple and trouble-free pets. There's nothing wrong being one of those people until you take on a pet with needs beyond your abilities.

You have two simple and humane choices in such a situation: Either adapt or give the animal to someone who will not be overwhelmed by the obligation.

Choosing to make the animal's life painful and brief is not an appropriate choice.

[RgrF]

The animal had a full life. That it became a part of the food chain seems to annoy you, why is that?

[Grateful11]

"That coyote is really a crazy clown..."

Here's a good coyote around here on the farm. Our calves are too
valuable to let coyotes roam free. We let the deer and geese eat pretty
much as much as they want.

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