Dead cat draws neighbors’ suspision

NEXT FRIDAY ALBUQUERQUE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SAY A COYOTE — NOT A HUMAN BEING — IS TO BLAME FOR A CAT MUTILATION THAT SHOCKED PET OWNERS IN SEVERAL DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS STUART DYSON IS LIVE WHERE PART OF THE CAT S CARCASS WAS DISCOVERED A FEW DAYS AGO STU HALF A CAT - NEATLY SLICED - NO BLOOD - NO GUTS - THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE CAT MISSING - NEIGHBORS FEARING WEIRDO ACTION - ANIMAL CONTROL GUYS THINKING COYOTE NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST BARBARA GROTHUS FOUND THE CAT WHILE OUT FOR A WALK - IT LAY ON THE LAWN - NO BLOOD - JUST A FEW WISPS OF FUR - The rib cage was completely bare inside like a turkey - like you would have your Thanksgiving turkey - it was completely - inside there was not an organ - it was clean to the bone - you see the bones they were completely intact - and the ribcage and the front legs and the head of the cat THE COUNTRY CLUB AND NEARBY DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE HEAVILY POPULATED WITH CATS - AS WORD OF GROTHUS DISCOVERY SPREAD PET OWNERS HEARD ABOUT THE NEAR SURGICAL PRECISION OF THE MUTILATION - STARTED THINKING SATAN- WORSHIPPERS - VOODOO - SOME KIND OF SICKO I read the email from our neighborhood association about the cat being gutted and dismembered - and it wasn t like an animal killing or anything - it was done by somebody who was very sick Q You think it was a human A From what the email described - yeah - it couldn t be anything but that OH YES IT COULD CITY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SAY - IT COULD BE COYOTE - THEY RE ALWAYS LURKING AROUND - ESPECIALLY ALONG THE RIVER JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY - AND THEY LOVE TO DEVOUR PETS - ESPECIALLY CATS - AND SOMETIMES THEIR WORK IS ASTONISHINGLY PRECISE - SO IN THE ABSENCE OF CONTRARY EVIDENCE THEY RE BLAMING MR COYOTE CITY ORDINANCE DOES FORBID CATS WANDERING OUT OF THE OWNER S YARD - ALTHOUGH IT S IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE - THE ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT ADVISES - KEEP EM IN THE HOUSE OR THEY COULD BECOME LUNCH FOR SOME HUNGRY COYOTE NEAR THE COUNTRY CLUB STUART DYSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR