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Naples coyote attack caught on tape!
By Nick Spinetto, WINK News
Story Created: Jul 27, 2008 at 10:35 PM EDT
(Story Updated: Jul 28, 2008 at 12:47 PM EDT ) EAST NAPLES, Fla. - There are more reports of coyote attacks in Southwest Florida. This time the attacks happened in East Naples.
A woman's cat was killed Sunday morning and she caught it all on tape!
A problem with vandals in her neighborhood prompted Carol to put surveillance cameras around the outside of her house. She hoped to catch the perps in the act. Never did she imagine the cameras would capture a coyote killing her cat, right before her eyes.
"You'll see him. He'll go really fast. He's chasing the cat," Carol said as she watched her surveillance video.
Video of the attack is one home movie that sends shivers down Carol's spine.
"I couldn't believe it. I've never seen a coyote eat a pet before. It just really upset me," she said.
On Sunday morning, Carol's cat Cesar was killed by a coyote. Cesar, Carol says, loved sitting on her car. So at 5:30 Sunday morning, it's no surprise surveillance cameras caught Cesar lounging in his favorite place. The cameras catch him stretching, completely unaware of the danger lurking around him. On the other side of house, the camera catches an image of a coyote on the hunt. Within seconds you see the coyote creeping up on Cesar. Another camera catches Cesar running. He climbs up a tree. The coyote, right behind him, jumps up knocking Cesar out of the branches.
In a mere flash, Carols' beloved cat is gone.
"I blame myself. I should've made him come in," Carol said.
Carol says she knew Cesar might be in danger because she spotted a coyote before. "I first started seeing the coyote two months ago," she said
In June, she got an up close look when her surveillance camera caught a coyote killing another cat.
The attacks happened in Riverwood Estates in East Naples.
It's 33 miles south of the neighborhoods in Estero, where multiple coyote attacks occurred in May.
Carol says this shows coyotes are becoming a major issue. "I think it's a big problem. I think they're getting further south and all over Florida. I think it's becoming a bigger problem than people realize," she said.
After Sunday morning's attack, neighbors started warning each other about the coyote. They also want to get Florida Fish and Wildlife involved. They hope the agency can help catch the coyote before it attacks again.
[Review in RDF] Story Created: Jul 27, 2008 at 10:35 PM EDT
(Story Updated: Jul 28, 2008 at 12:47 PM EDT ) EAST NAPLES, Fla. - There are more reports of coyote attacks in Southwest Florida. This time the attacks happened in East Naples.
A woman's cat was killed Sunday morning and she caught it all on tape!
A problem with vandals in her neighborhood prompted Carol to put surveillance cameras around the outside of her house. She hoped to catch the perps in the act. Never did she imagine the cameras would capture a coyote killing her cat, right before her eyes.
"You'll see him. He'll go really fast. He's chasing the cat," Carol said as she watched her surveillance video.
Video of the attack is one home movie that sends shivers down Carol's spine.
"I couldn't believe it. I've never seen a coyote eat a pet before. It just really upset me," she said.
On Sunday morning, Carol's cat Cesar was killed by a coyote. Cesar, Carol says, loved sitting on her car. So at 5:30 Sunday morning, it's no surprise surveillance cameras caught Cesar lounging in his favorite place. The cameras catch him stretching, completely unaware of the danger lurking around him. On the other side of house, the camera catches an image of a coyote on the hunt. Within seconds you see the coyote creeping up on Cesar. Another camera catches Cesar running. He climbs up a tree. The coyote, right behind him, jumps up knocking Cesar out of the branches.
In a mere flash, Carols' beloved cat is gone.
"I blame myself. I should've made him come in," Carol said.
Carol says she knew Cesar might be in danger because she spotted a coyote before. "I first started seeing the coyote two months ago," she said
In June, she got an up close look when her surveillance camera caught a coyote killing another cat.
The attacks happened in Riverwood Estates in East Naples.
It's 33 miles south of the neighborhoods in Estero, where multiple coyote attacks occurred in May.
Carol says this shows coyotes are becoming a major issue. "I think it's a big problem. I think they're getting further south and all over Florida. I think it's becoming a bigger problem than people realize," she said.
After Sunday morning's attack, neighbors started warning each other about the coyote. They also want to get Florida Fish and Wildlife involved. They hope the agency can help catch the coyote before it attacks again.
by Simplify3 on Jul. 29 2008
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