In a wild scene, literally, a cat named “Puffy Girl” was caught on a doorbell camera video fighting off a coyote outside a home in San Bernardino County, California.
Eddie Paredes, the resident of the residence in Ontario, told KTLA News that he frequently feeds the stray cat, whom he named Puffy Girl, and that she recently gave birth to a litter of kittens.
He said that Puffy Girl got her back up when the coyote pursued one of her kittens early one recent morning. Paredes said she battled the coyote for a while before driving it away. He added that the kittens seemed to be doing well.
This is not the first time that a cat has taken on a coyote in Southern California
KTLA News also reported that previously during the past week, in the backyard of a Porter Ranch, California, residence, one stray cat helped another stray cat pursue a coyote and drive it from the yard.
The resident of the home, Teri Garcia, captured footage of the encounter. According to Garcia, the cats, who she often feeds, seem to be “best of buddies.”
“The coyote started to chase the gray cat, so the black and white cat chased the coyote off the yard,” she said. “Both cats are okay.”
Last month, a Pico Rivera family called their pet cat a fighter after a camera caught another dramatic cat-versus-coyote encounter.
According to the Citywide Cat Program, there are an estimated 960,000 unowned “community cats” in the City of Los Angeles. Other estimates put the number of feral cats in the city between 1 and 3 million.