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Index of Subjects --_000_791E3A81468A4C45B3654E48604B5E75DALCA_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dusan, A raven snatching a kitten seems pretty likely; there=92s ravens on the pro= wl all the time around here, and they=92re awfully good generalist predator= s. A grown cat would be a tall order for a raven, though, and I would think= any big raptor prowling the south end would be noticed, so I suspect that = incident=92s unrelated to the reported rash of cat disappearances in that (= my) neighborhood. I don=92t know the facts about the disappearances, only rumor. The rumored = rate of six cats in six weeks that I=92ve heard doesn=92t fit the disappear= ances I=92ve heard about (1 within the last couple weeks, 2 around that bli= zzard in late March, and another run over by a car months ago) =97 but agai= n, I=92m just going on hearsay. The possible coyote sighting in the park might well be the source of anothe= r neighborhood rumor, that a coyote might have snatched the cats. But no co= yotes or coyote scat have been sighted in the neighborhood, as far as I kno= w. The up side of all this of course is that people are keeping their cats ind= oors, as they should everywhere. Cheers, Andy On May 19, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca<mailto:s= oudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote: Recently there were two letters to the editor and one column devoted to = the rash of cat disappearances in a fairly compact area of Halifax=92s Sout= h End. On May 17 a letter writer reports a =93very large black bird=94 taki= ng off, with a probable kitten in its talons. Any speculation about what sp= ecies the predator might have belonged to? A raven? A turkey vulture? A mel= anistic bald eagle? Incidentally, there is a warning in nearby Point Pleasa= nt Park about a recent probable coyote sighting. Dusan Soudek --_000_791E3A81468A4C45B3654E48604B5E75DALCA_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <CE6968F3ABA80D49AB79E133E2C79E2E@namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space;"> Hi Dusan, <div><br> </div> <div>A raven snatching a kitten seems pretty likely; there=92s ravens on th= e prowl all the time around here, and they=92re awfully good generalist pre= dators. A grown cat would be a tall order for a raven, though, and I would = think any big raptor prowling the south end would be noticed, so I suspect that incident=92s unrelated to the repo= rted rash of cat disappearances in that (my) neighborhood.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>I don=92t know the facts about the disappearances, only rumor. The rum= ored rate of six cats in six weeks that I=92ve heard doesn=92t fit the disa= ppearances I=92ve heard about (1 within the last couple weeks, 2 around tha= t blizzard in late March, and another run over by a car months ago) =97 but again, I=92m just going on hearsay.</div= > <div><br> </div> <div>The possible coyote sighting in the park might well be the source of a= nother neighborhood rumor, that a coyote might have snatched the cats. But = no coyotes or coyote scat have been sighted in the neighborhood, as far as = I know.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>The up side of all this of course is that people are keeping their cat= s indoors, as they should everywhere.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Cheers,</div> <div>Andy</div> <div><br> </div> <div> <div> <div>On May 19, 2014, at 7:09 PM, Dusan Soudek <<a href=3D"mailto:soudek= d@ns.sympatico.ca">soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt;"> <div> Recently there were two letters to the editor and one col= umn devoted to the rash of cat disappearances in a fairly compact area of H= alifax=92s South End. On May 17 a letter writer reports a =93very large bla= ck bird=94 taking off, with a probable kitten in its talons. Any speculation about what species the predator might have bel= onged to? A raven? A turkey vulture? A melanistic bald eagle? Incidentally,= there is a warning in nearby Point Pleasant Park about a recent probable c= oyote sighting.</div> <div> Dusan Soudek </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </body> </html> --_000_791E3A81468A4C45B3654E48604B5E75DALCA_--
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