Fisher cats
are Mustelidae, like weasels
and minks. They are the size of small dogs, and they have sharp vicious
teeth. They are loners except in the spring, when they form packs.
And they
are, apparently, all over Rhode Island.
The east
side of Providence is now on Fisher Cat Alert. Here’s an email I received from
a local source:
A
neighbor just told me that there was a small pack of Fisher Cats out on our
street (Everett Avenue) last night around 10 pm. They hissed at her. Also she
saw a larger pack of them outside Waterman Grille a few nights ago. The manager
has to go out to get them so people could get to their cars. She told me she
heard that a woman walking her dog after dark on the blvd recently was
approached by the pack and when they approached her dog she kicked at them. She
ended up getting her foot mangled. I don't know if the police are aware of this
but these animals are dangerous to small pets and their owners.
Before now,
I was wary of skunks (which you can smell a mile away), and possums (one hissed
at me once, a few years ago, from a neighbor’s doorstep, in the twilight), and
raccoons.
But fisher
cats?
What next?
Siberian tigers?
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