annemarie Loc: N.W. NJ

What a great catch! Be careful.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

Love the second shot, especially if you crop it into a wide format.

Carolina Wings Loc: Flew from North Carolina to Pennsylvania

Nice capture...your cat looks perplexed. lol

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

FL&WV that was very well said
i did do a little bristle

as to the OP...it has all been said
and I am sure you think you know what you are doing....
but i do have to say if you feed em they will come
and to draw em in then make em a goner when they try and fend for themselves...well

let me put it to you like this...I used to feed the birds
then I got a cat and the birds fed the cat...
so I took down all my feeders...

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

Fox have been known to kill cats and haul them back to the dens.
i have personally seen 2 cats being carried off thru my yard and also 2 being carried off while driving to the next town over,on 2 different days.
Please don't let your cat out at the same time or better yet, don't feed the Fox.

saycheese Loc: By the Big Lake in West Michigan

Priceless and very rare!
I can just imagine what Gracie is thinking in the second picture.
:shock:
Great shot!!!

silver Loc: Santa Monica Ca.

I am sorry to be so curt but the original post has such a cutesy approach and I think that people that do this need to have a dose of strong reality. There is nothing cute about the situation. These are wild animals and they should be treated as such. The people are not only putting themselves at risk but all of there neighbors, the neighbors children and all of the pets in the area. This is a very dangerous situation and it should be treated as such.

Camerahand Loc: Huntsville, Tennessee

Folks, let me try this one more time. I believe some of you out there are jumping the gun and posting BEFORE reading all previous posts. Please read my post of June 30, 12 02:02:46.

Here are four (4) facts:

---I MUST feed my cats.

---As long as I am able and have a penny in my pocket, I
WILL feed my cats.

---The raccoons WILL be here to eat the cat food on the front
porch UNLESS I feed them in the back yard, OR maybe
you would like to come by my place one night and kill
them. Is that your kind of sport? You'll have to do it
because I can't.

---A fox cannot read! I didn't read that somewhere, I just
know that for a fact. If I post signs that are
visable from the north, south, east and west that read
"ATTENTION ALL FOXES: EATING DOG FOOD IS NOT
PERMITTED", they wouldn't mean a thing to a fox. I
guess, then, it's "pop-the-fox" time, right? I can't do that,
either.

People who don't live in rural areas just don't realize how
common it is to have wildlife on their property. Where I live, we have 'coons, fox, deer, bear, coyotes, rabbits, squirrels, snakes, bobcats, groundhogs (no hedgehogs), chipmonks and, or course, birds. I'm sure I've missed one or two. Lots of people feed the birds. Do YOU feed the birds and make them dependent on human assistance. Shame on you!

The point that I have taken so long to make is that the wildlife is here if we feed them or not. And almost everyone DOES feed them. Maybe not on purpose, but they do feed the animals if they feed their pets outside or leave their garbage cans where they can be turned over or opened.

And water! Yes, I leave water out all the time for all the animals. I hope they don't hate me for it. Do YOU leave water out for the animals? Do you have a birdbath in your front yard?

Hummmmmm.

Burton

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

I didn't respond to this earlier because I was waiting for you to calm down some. Hopefuly, you have by now. This appeared to be a "Gray" fox, which is somewhat smaller than the "Red" fox & also is a lot more timid & shy. If it is anything like the ones that used to visit us every evening about dark & eat with one of our cats, it is really quite harmless. We had several gray foxes & their offspring at our critter cafe afew years ago & they were actually smaller than our largest cat, which weighs 18lbs. They are about 1/4 body & 3/4 tail. They would have a tough time taking down a grown cat. Now if it had been a coyote??? To my knowledge, they could still forage & hunt field mice even though we helped them out a bit. Unless you try to make a "pet" out of a wild animal I don't think feeding them will interfere with their natural instincts to hunt. As for disease; most animals that can chew & swallow food are healthy. Rabid animals cannot swallow their own saliva, let alone food. We have been feeding all sorts of wild animals for over 50 years & we aren't missing any.

cameranut Loc: North Carolina

We have fed our critters for over 50 years & we aren't missing any cats, etc. And , yes we keep water out, even in winter. Have to change it often or it's ice. Wish I had a camera a few years back. A skunk & deer shared supper. A gray fox & cat would eat out of the same tray. As for our garden; nothing bothers it. It's karma; what goes around comes around. 8-)

bullwinkle Loc: New Hartford, Missouri

I was kind of upset with you feeding the wild animals when I first started reading this, but you are right. I have had a badger, an opossum, squirrels, birds, and who knows what else eating my dog food on the front porch. If you can't beat them, at least try to control where they are eating.