Does Coyotes Eat Cats. Cats On The Coyote Menu. Coyotes are wild animals that dont merely live in the wild.
Outdoors cats must co-exist with coyotes if they can. Bad coyote-cat encounters dont occur that often but they do happen. About 20-42 percent of the urban coyote diet is cat.
An ecologist following a radio-collared coyote at night saw the animal pass up 15 wayward cats without pouncing on one for a meal.
On one occasion I observed a coyote in Yellowstone carrying the legs of a pronghorn fawn back to the den area. In areas where coyotes are particularly prevalent Coyote attacks on cats are not uncommon. Its a risk you need to be aware of if you have an outdoor cat that roams areas where coyotes may also roam. While cat owners may view coyotes as an unwanted neighborhood menace the coyotes can and do serve a vital function in city wide pest control.
