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Anyone who keeps outdoor cats in coyote territory is just an asshole. Can confirm. Do live in coyote territory.
People who have outdoor cats are facilitating the extinction of birds. I'm completely serious. Domestic cats kill billions of birds annually.
Yeah. The coyotes are just doing course correction for nature.
It's not possible to measure how much wildlife specifically domestic cats kill so that statistic is actually from all cats, which include strays. I'm not saying you're wrong, or that this means you should leave your cat out but it's important to be accurate.
"Domestic cat" is referring to the species Felis catus. Strays and ferals are still the same species, just at different levels of human habituation.
Ah, shit. You're right.
FTFY
Raccoons will also rip apart a slow or unwary cat.
You can't "can confirm" yourself! What is this lawlessness??
evidently not, over there.
We had farm cats in coyote territory without issue. We never lost one to coyotes to my knowledge. You just need to ensure that you also have coyote deterants like an assault donkey or a llama. Having a big guard dog also helps. Basically, anything that would protect your livestock will also protect the cats. If there are enough threats to coyotes in the area then the coyotes will steer clear.
In our case it probably also helped that mama farm cat was a monsterous maine coon who I once saw literally beat the shit out of a full grown rotweiler that got too close to her kittens. It wouldn't surprise me if she had been hunting coyotes for sport.
video pls
No video was taken unfortunately because it was completely unexpected.This mama cat had had a few litters of kittens at this point and was always fine with our dogs being around them. She would sometimes bring them over to one of our dogs when she wanted a break. She was a very chill cat in general.
One day my sister brought her dog over who was about a 2 year old rotweiler. So they were fully grown but still had that curious puppy personality. Mama cat had recently had a litter of kittens which were young enough that they were still in the house in a padded laundry basket. My sisters dog was bound and determined to investigate these kittens. Being that mama cat didn't know this dog as well we knew that probably wasn't going to go over well, but the dog was determined enough that we figured we let them try and let them learn their own lesson when mama cat swatted them away. Well the dog went in for a sniff as mama cat was laying nearby watching. To our surprise she didn't seem to care for about 30 sec or so. Then very suddenly she morphed into a ball of fur, claws, and teeth and latched onto that poor dogs back. At that point the dog started panicking and screaming while sprinting around the house literally crapping theirself in fear while mama cat continued to give chase and maul them. We oppened the front door of the house to give the dog somewhere to escape to and the dog ran outside. Mama cat chased that poor dog around the property for a bit before chasing it up the driveway (rural property with a mile long driveway) and out of sight. About 5 min later mama cat came trotting back like nothing had happened. About 2 hours later my sisters dog started very timidly making their way back down the driveway towards the house. Surprisingly after that day mama cat and my sisters dog got along perfectly fine.
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I live in a mid-sized city and we have coyotes. I’ve seen them run down the street. A woman in my neighborhood lost her dog to coyotes. She is not in a rural spot either as her house is on the corner of an intersection.
I live in Western NY state, and even we have coyotes now. Not numerous but noticeable. They've extended their range beyond what you might think from the Roadrunner cartoons.
You likely don't have any coyotes over there anymore. You have coywolves.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coywolves-are-taking-over-eastern-north-america-180957141/
This is a larger species that has the body size closer to a wolf. They hunt in urban and forested areas and are really good at taking out cats. They are also large enough to get deer.
Could be. I was on my bike, and they ran as soon as they saw me. Slightly larger than a German Shepherd but with a different body shape and longer legs. There's plenty of wild and domestic prey for them along the trail I ride, so not surprising they'd be hunting there. I'm usually out before sunrise and see a lot of wildlife that most people don't get to see.
Another part of their success is how totally and completely they avoid human notice in most cases.
We've got outdoor cats in coyote country. Haven't had a problem, honestly I'm more afraid of a great horned owl moving in. We've got a dog that barks a lot. Also sometimes our neighbor will shoot a coyote and leave it out there to scare the others off. But the yipping and howling is why I wear earplugs when I go camping, or put a fan of during summer months.
Fuck that guy... in particular