TheBanyanTree: Belligerent Divinity

[Mike Pingleton]

ah!  "....mortal gods creating consequence"

sorry about your cat.

-Mike



On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Tom Smith <trsmith44 at cox.net> wrote:

> As sort of an explanation for this piece..  Maybe I was still
> coming to grips with one of our cats getting the worst of a
> coyote encounter.  So I kind of had pretators on my mind.
> The victim was a pretty aggressive fearless male Tuxedo
> cat who loved to be outside and would raise hell inside till
> "invited out."   We've always had coyotes, and he's always
> been let out when he wanted to go.  Actually, he RAN to the
> front door, and RAN off.  Just like he'd done every morning
> for 5 years.  I figured he was street smart, and knew he
> could climb trees and duck under cars..  but this last time
> he didn't come back.  I found him the next day, and another
> cat victim about 10 ft away.  I considered the possibility of
> a psycho neighbor and called a wildlife specialist, who said
> this [type of coyote feasting]  happens all the time.  This is
> coyote pupping season and statistically the most fatal for
> cats and dogs.  Coyotes can jump 6' high fences.  One got
> in a turkey pen in the rural part of the county and killed 27
> and ate one.
>
> The house is like an echo chamber now.. without echos.
>
> I don't let the other cats out in the wee hours anymore.
>
> Tom
>