Area cats disappearing?

[shesgottasurf]

I am just wondering if anyone else has noticed neighborhood/neighbors cats going missing? We have had four mysteriously disappear within five months. All have been outside family pets living in the area for up to 8 years. Suddenly vanished. I'm thinking maybe a large bird has moved into my area, or coyotes? Anyone else had a cat disappear recently? Close to the Chinese Laundry?

 

[LuciferSam]

Maybe the people who own the laundry have relatives in the restaurant business.

 

[Zebraspots]

Coyotes or foxes regularly eat cats.

 

[KISH7374]

That is so wrong but so true!!!!LOL,LOL

 

[30A Skunkape]

I am just wondering if anyone else has noticed neighborhood/neighbors cats going missing? We have had four mysteriously disappear within five months. All have been outside family pets living in the area for up to 8 years. Suddenly vanished. I'm thinking maybe a large bird has moved into my area, or coyotes? Anyone else had a cat disappear recently? Close to the Chinese Laundry?

Please pick up a copy of the upcoming Defuniak Herald/Beach Breeze. I think the answer lies within.

 

[Jenksy]

Rat gangs?

 

[jjnole04]

Whew looks like the problem is fixing itself the natural way, cats should not free roam outside they are devastating hunters. Here's to hoping the feline slayer gets the rest of them or that you can make room in your house to properly care for them....

http://www.npr.org/2013/01/29/170588511/killer-kitties-cats-kill-billions-every-year

 

[BrunetteAttorney]

shegottasurf - i joined the forum just to talk to you when I read this post. I too live near there. Please please don't leave your cats outdoors. We have enormous coyotes near us. I saw one the other evening that looked as large as a wolf. It wasn't the skinny, gnarly ones I have seen around here before. My neighbor's cat a few months ago was killed by a coyote. I don't even let my dogs outside at dusk and dawn. I pulled my car beside one of the coyotes one night that was roaming near my house and it didn't even run away.

 

[LuciferSam]

I would never let cats roam freely. Their life expectancy drops dramatically. I would expect them to either get hit by a car, wander off, get stolen, or killed by another animal. They are much more likely to contract disease. It is a certainty they will be injured and have to be taken to the vet as a result. It happens all the time.

 

[shesgottasurf]

Brunette attorney- did your neighbor see the cat attacked, or did they just assume? I'm asking because I still see plenty of other neighborhood cats still around, including a few feral ones. It's just odd to me that mine are gone while those others are still around. I have only seen coyotes crossing 393 once, and I have lived here with my cat being an outdoor cat for eight years. Made me wonder if it was human intervention?