What a horrific gory morning, don't read if you're squeamish.

harmoniums · 06-09-2012 5:18pm #1

Seriously, don't read this if you're squeamish about pet deaths.

So I woke up at 6:30 this morning with the kids, as my wife is out the door to her Pilates class, she comes back in and asks if I have seen the cat.
He's a nice little fellah, 10 years old, sweet, good with the kids and indoor/outdoor.

She tells me to come outside and shows me a lot of his fur on the footpath.
I look beyond the gate and see his body out on the road.

The ****ing coyotes got him.

It looks like it was quick, but man was it horrid.
my wife was screaming, I was trying to shepherd the kids into the house (the eldest who's 3 knew something was up but I kept her from seeing anything)

His body was in a pretty bad state and the scene was messy, but I don't think you could tell anything went on there now, I cleaned it and hosed it off very well.

I drove his remains to the vet who thank god was open early, she'll cremate him for me, didn't charge either which was pretty decent.

There have been a few pet deaths due to coyotes here in our estate (were south of LA in California) over the past year.

Both my neighbors have now asked me to bait and shoot the ****ers after seeing what was done.

I'm not a hunter, I prefer to shoot paper targets for score, but I could do this quickly and quietly.

What would you do?
Put it down to nature being nature and let it pass?
Bait the dogs and shoot the humanely?

also, the three year old, what should I tell her when she's asks later about him?
I think, I'll just tell her he ran away, but will be OK.

Bye bye kitty.

Kylo Ren · 06-09-2012 5:21pm

You moved to California.

You get sun but you also get rabid dogs who will eat you and your family. Take the good with the bad.

Feeona · 06-09-2012 5:22pm

Don't let the cat out of the bag and then tell me not to read it!

jester77 · 06-09-2012 5:23pm

Not the purrrfect start to a day!

Where To · 06-09-2012 5:24pm

harmoniums wrote: »

Seriously, don't read this if you're squeamish about pet deaths.

Bye bye kitty.

I didn't read it but I'm not squeamish.

Adios el gato.

Augmerson · 06-09-2012 5:24pm

Sure. It was Coyotes.

Man, wake up. It's those ****ing zombies on bath salts. Time for iron-bars on the windows. Do you own a submachine gun? Now is the time to invest in one. Also some kind of protective face mask because those zombies love going for the face.

On a more serious note, sorry for your pet dying like that, hope you get the Coyotes.

Micky Dolenz · 06-09-2012 5:26pm

Was the cats name Road Runner per chance?

It wasn't me! · 06-09-2012 5:28pm

If it were me I'd be preparing to send Wile E. to the great Warner Brothers set in the sky.

06-09-2012 5:30pm

My ma started the car one morning with us lot sitting in the back to be driven to school, when fur started to fly up from inside the engine.

Yep, one mangled kitten.

That kitten had "run away", too, found out about it years later.

Still probably less traumatic than coyotes. Quicker anyway.

Sorry 'bout your cat.

KeithM89_old · 06-09-2012 5:30pm

You should have got the body stuffed instead, then cover it in poison and leave it out for some sweet revenge.

DonJose · 06-09-2012 5:35pm

Are there any Indian burial grounds near you? Just asking.

Yakult · 06-09-2012 5:38pm

Was expecting worse tbh. Glad everyone is ok bar the cat.

seven_eleven · 06-09-2012 5:41pm

At least it wasnt a human. Rest in peace mr cat

le la rat · 06-09-2012 5:43pm

I hope you are going to take revenge. Don't be a pussy

Happyman42 · 06-09-2012 5:49pm

Doggone! if cat gone.

Mickeroo · 06-09-2012 5:55pm

There ya go OP.

Legal Status

Coyotes have no special protection in California and may be killed by any method that is not prohibited by federal, state, or local statutes. Since the passage of a state ballot initiative measure in November 1998, leghold traps cannot be used to capture coyotes except in situations where a human health and safety emergency has been declared by designated officials, or in selected situations where the existence of an endangered species is threatened by predation. Toxicants or poisons used to control coyotes are illegal, with the exception of fumigant cartridges available only to predator control specialists to asphyxiate coyote pups in their dens. No chemical repellents are registered for use in repelling coyotes from property or from livestock.

The situations in which coyotes cause damage are quite variable, and therefore strategies and solutions to resolve these problems also must be tailored to individual situations. Professional wildlife damage management specialists who are employed by federal, state, or county agencies can be very helpful in evaluating coyote damage and in assisting landowners to develop appropriate management strategies for specific situations. Contact your county agricultural commissioner or county Cooperative Extension office to obtain information about professionals who can control coyotes, or telephone the United States Department of Agriculture, California Wildlife Services state office at 916-979-2675, or see the Wildlife Services Web site.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74135.html

Acme explosives could be the way to go.