janet ray says cats and small dogs are not safe outside unsupervised at
any time of day

may it always be so!

take care
monte

If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore
it to
him though I drown myself. - henry thoreau

On 4 Jun 2007, , at 15:37, Janet Ray wrote:

> And coyotes are not the only pet predator in the area. About two
> hours ago
> (1:15 in the afternoon) a bobcat hopped up onto our deck in Preston
> and was
> scoping out our bird feeders. This character was about 5 feet from
> where I
> stood by a sliding door. Quite a sight. His or her shoulder was as
> tall as
> my (smallish) German Shepard.
>
> Cats and small dogs are not safe outside, unsupervised at any time of
> day.
>
> Janet Ray
> Preston WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Sandelin [mailto:floriferous at msn.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:43 AM
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: [Tweeters] Missing cats and coyotes
>
>
> Nina wrote about the coyotes and missing cats in her area. In a study
> done
> in King County it was estimated that more than 40% of the annual diet
> of
> Coyotes in suburban King County was house cat. It was also estimated
> that
> 70% of the diet of pups involved house pets, so during pupping season
> (which
> is now) Coyotes specialize in house pets.
>
> Another good reason to keep them indoors at night.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer
> Snohomish County WA
>
>
>
>
>
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