TheBanyanTree: Belligerent Divinity

[Sally Larwood]

Sorry to hear of your loss, particularly in such a horrific manner.

Sal 

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From: thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com [mailto:thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com] On Behalf Of Tom Smith
Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2013 10:51 AM
To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Belligerent Divinity

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