Fisher Cat Attacks Dog

A fisher cat an animal with long teeth and a sleek fur coat is being blamed for the deaths of family pets in brevard county the traps are baited with fish but trapper james dean is not sure.

Fisher cat attacks dog. Bruce causier 5 154 418 views. Fisher cats more accurately known as martens or fishers are from the weasel family. You never leave a cat outside up here. At 6 00am i went out to find a pile of fur and blood.

Coyote stalks and starts going in for attack on elderly lady and dog duration. Saw this fisher chasing a squirrel in woodbridge ct on 4 20 2011. One of the attacks i heard outside my window at 3 30am and woke me up. It was a fisher cat and it had 10 month old bentley down for the count.

How to keep a fisher cat away. Dog owner speaks out after fisher cat attack ledyard ct a ledyard resident s dog faces a long recovery after a likely attack by a fisher cat. Fishers are a medium sized mammal comparable in size to the domestic cat their bodies are long thin and low to the ground. They are a predator that targets chickens.

There are missing cats my neighbor s pets. Lynch showed wwn a fisher cat he gutted and put on a stick in his front yard. They won t attack you or your kids and your dog if you are out for a walk in the woods decker said. It didn t seem afraid of me at all and came back a few times to try to get the squirrel.

Males are 90 to 120 cm 35 47 in in length and weigh 3 5 to 6 0 kg 8 13 lb. The sexes have similar physical features but they are sexually dimorphic in size with the male being much larger than the female. His owner had pry open the cat s mouth and wrestle it off the dog getting a little scratched up himself in the process. Them fisher cats will attack and eat it said sargeant david lynch of the great barrington police department.

Local authorities say that fisher cats have long been a problem in the berkshires. They are increasing in numbers in the united states and may attack some pets.