It’s tough to physically distance my cat and the neighbourhood coyote

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Hunkered down at home, at war with the virus, we are engaged in another kind of war, a battle of wits and will with a coyote who shares our side of the mountain. I noticed her a few weeks ago as she loped across the crest of the bluff, her pale coat blending in with the still barren trees and last year’s yellowed grass.

I leapt from my chair, raced to the door, expecting the worst, to find Finn, my cinder-coated cat, sinews stretched, in hot pursuit of the coyote. By this point, they were headed back up the hill and Finn was gaining speed. Unsure of the best approach for dealing with potentially dangerous animals, I deployed what is now known as the coyote protocol – yell frantically, wave arms vigorously and secure the cat as quickly as possible.

By now, we were on high alert. I kept one eye on the hill as I worked the soil in the garden, a welcome respite from the stream of desperate news about the virus, the toll it was taking and the way it has made us fearful not just of illness but of one another. Walking in my neighbourhood, people smile and wave from across the road, but on my weekly trip to the grocery store they look away as if you might infect them or beat them to the last tin of beans.

“Why can’t Finn sit on the balcony instead of exploring and exposing himself to the risks of the cliff,” I asked. “If I can stay home, why can’t he? Doesn’t he understand self-preservation?” But he had other ideas. The minute our backs were turned, he was back on patrol on the cliff. His preferred spot – the bald rock face – fully exposed in order to survey his domain.

Coyotes are known to run from cats and dogs in order to lure them into traps.

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