The Cats and Dogs Who Eat Cats and Dogs, Terrain, Feb. 11, 2021, Reposted on Longform, Feb. 12, 2021
https://www.terrain.org/2021/nonfiction/cats-dogs-who-eat-cats-dogs/
https://longform.org/posts/the-cats-and-dogs-who-eat-cats-and-dogs
“Last summer, Kiwi the house cat, a one-year-old, all-black, adventurous female, made the unfortunate decision of crossing the road. An inside-outside feline, Kiwi probably knew to look both ways over the asphalt because she made it intact to the other side, as she had many times before in suburban Denton, Texas.
Denton is a haven for professors and librarians, a college oasis just north of the ever-sprawling Dallas metroplex. Kiwi’s neighborhood is the kind where you wouldn’t blink twice at a backyard chicken coop. Every lawn sprouts trees, canopies covering street lengths. A creek runs through it. The waterway abuts neglected fences, which in turn shield dilapidated sheds and woodpiles. Meanwhile, rodents, ducks, rabbits, and house pets run amok. If this doesn’t sound like a perfect wilderness for a carnivore, it should.…“