was i the only one hoping the fox would eat the cats?

we dont like your kind here

You came to the wrong neighborhood!!

Love how the fox keeps his "eyes on the prize".

I had a cat that used to get in fights (plural, it happened more than once) with coyotes. By the time he was 5-6 years old he was down to about 1/3rd of an ear total, broken tail, permanent limp, sliced lip so he drooled all the time, mangy lookin', etc.

Maybe that level of accumulated battle scars convinced him to retire from fighting, and he survived in that state for another 5 years or so. Tough ol' bastard.

In my experience cat's dont learn too well! I'm guessing he ended up looking so rough the coyotes just thought better of it!

On a serious note my parents have a tiny cat, only about 2kg in weight and about eight years old now. She's ever so timid around people but will chase dog foxes several times her size out of the garden. Foxes are extremely wary of cats as even if they would win a full on fight they'd be very lucky to come out of it without a serious injury of some kind. Domestic cats don't have the same survival pressures and have grown cocky, but foxes won't get taken to the vets or have food given to them. Same with the coyotes!