A security camera caught a flat out fight between a red tabby domestic cat and a coyote on what appears to be the porch of a house. The cat was almost certainly male (ginger tabbies are normally male). It is … continue reading…
First things first: the picture that I refer to in the title is on a separate page where there are no adverts. This is to satisfy the demands of advertisers which I fully understand. It is a gruesome picture. I … continue reading…
Whether a cat falls prey to the much larger and capable coyote depends on the individual animals involved in the encounter. In this instance the cat chases off the coyote; no competition. Surprisingly, the coyote is scared of this modest, … continue reading…
In July 16 it was World Snake Day which is appropriate because on the Facebook page of Save the Daintree Rainforest they featured a photograph of a huge scrub python which was crossing the road at Cape Tribulation in the … continue reading…
It’s reported that the coyote population is booming in Florida. The article that I’m reading does not tell me why but it is probably because of Covid. There have been many instances of wildlife encroaching upon human settlements because they’ve … continue reading…
The UK government has some great animal welfare and conservation plans which I have written about. One is the rewilding of the UK with the wildcat, the lynx and the white-tailed eagle to cite three animals. There are fears, however, … continue reading…
Note: videos on this site are typically made by people other than me and held on YouTube servers or the servers of other businesses (not the server storing this website). Sometimes the videos are deleted at source which stops them … continue reading…
People ask whether a fox is a danger to a wandering, outdoor domestic cat and the answer depends upon the age, the sex, the character of the fox and the cat, and of course the circumstances. However, by-and-large, in my … continue reading…
On both sides of the Atlantic, in the UK and in America, there have been stories on more than one occasion of deceased outdoor domestic cats being killed, on the face of it, by a cat killing person who liked … continue reading…
NEWS/VIEWS: The coyote is heavily persecuted in North America. At least 400,000 are exterminated annually and yet this wily predator continues to expand its range. They’ve increased their distribution across North America by 40% since the 1950s. Remarkably, National Geographic … continue reading…
USA: Watch out, coyotes are about catching domestic and feral cats. This is an excellent picture of coyote with a watermelon in their mouth. It is a camera trap photograph of a coyote in the US which reminds me of … continue reading…
SACRAMENTO, USA – C Street and 25th Street: Allyson Seconds – a good name because she acted within seconds – captured on her smartphone a couple of coyotes chasing a dilute ginger tabby cat from the side of a house … continue reading…
The fox is keener than the cat. He is desparate for the food. The cat gives a slightly weary swipe but eventually gives up. It supports my theory that foxes rarely kill domestic cats. They are too cautious about the … continue reading…
People ask whether domestic cats can survive a coyote attack or what is the percentage of domestic cats who manage to escape from a coyote attack. The video on this page is instructional in so far as it tells us … continue reading…
This is a very distinct difference in the abilities of the American coyote and the British fox with respect to preying on outside domestic cats. In Britain there’s a bit of a myth that foxes ‘murder’ cats. The truth of … continue reading…
