Toronto Star: Coyotes dining on Bluffers feral cats

[marmar]

By Jack Lakey
The Fixer



Two members of a colony of feral cats at Bluffers Park, at the bottom of Brimley Rd., put a waterfront picnic table to good use.
JACK LAKEY/TORONTO STAR


Time may be up for the dog-biting feral kitties of Bluffers Park, which are under siege by coyotes that are getting help from humans.

It’s been a while since we checked on the colony of 25 to 30 feral cats living in the lakeside park with the help of cat lovers who feed them and make sure they’re spayed and neutered.

We first reported on them in 2009, after a woman who walks her dog in the park complained to the city they attacked her pooch — as likely as a man-bites-dog story — and demanded they be removed.

The city almost bit, ordering the caretakers to license or move them, until we started doing stories that prompted outrage and caused animal control to back off. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/fixer/article/935033--the-fixer-coyotes-dining-on-bluffers-feral-cats?bn=1

[slackmaster]

1. Cats do sometimes attack dogs, and quite savagely

Pound-for-pound a cat is far more ferocious than most dogs, Mr. Lakey's editorial comment notwithstanding.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

2. No feral cats or dogs where I live

If the coyotes don't get them. the cougars will. Had several illegal campers on my property lose Fido to the big cats.

[msongs]

3. Birds will celebrate the extinction of these invasive cats nt

[TlalocW]

4. IT'S THE CIIIIIIIRCLE OF LIFE....

And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

TlalocW

[spin]

5. I like both cats and dogs ...

and fail to understand the hatred many dog owners have toward cats.

[Ozymanithrax]

6. There is an animated children's movie in this story...somewhere.

The Cat and the Coyote ...

[stuntcat]

10. :)

roffles

[GliderGuider]

7. Dammit, we were saving those cats

to eat after Peak Oil.

[Nihil]

8. *cough*

:spank:















:evilgrin:

[Kolesar]

9. Feral cats usually don't survive through the winter

The Akron city government was paying to capture and exterminate all the unlicensed cats they could find. It was a waste of money.

[TheWraith]

11. Those cats look awfully plump and happy for being feral cats in the middle of winter. nt

[NickB79]

12. People have been leaving them food

The coyotes are most grateful for that.