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[Deb S <debs913@gmail.com>]

My Jack Russell Terrier at 14 lbs will kill cats.  I think a 20-25lb red fox
would find a cat a tasty snack.

deb

On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

> Foxes eat rabbits, and help protect my plants, right?  So foxes aren't
> completely off-topic.  But does anyone know how likely they are to eat (or
> kill) house cats?  We seem to have a rather bold fox in the neighborhood.  I
> just saw him trot by, and I let in a rather nervous-looking cat.  The cat is
> critical for controlling birds and chipmunks around my currants, (and she
> eats young rabbits) but she's also a pet, and I'm wondering how risky it is
> out there.
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> On the plus side, I suppose if we have a fox this year, we probably don't
> have coyotes this year. . .
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> Weird looking fox, for what it's worth.  I think it's a red fox (the
> species, that is), but his back is mostly brown.  Sort of a mottled fox.  I
> have seen a gray fox in the area, but I think those are larger than this
> one.
>
> Ginda
> Eastern MA, zone 6
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