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From: Sara Fricke
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Winchester, IL
I have several dogs that are in pens outside on a farm. Less than five miles away two dogs were killed and the autopsy results showed that they were killed by a big cat. How do I keep my dogs safe?????

 
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From: Laura Kammin
Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention
Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
lkammin@illinois.edu
The combination of multiple dogs (safety in numbers) and sturdy pens should keep them safe. Large cats can move several hundred miles in just a few days. So it would be unlikely that the cat is still in the area. If the cat is still in the area, if the dogs do not run loose they will not be able to provoke the cat and thereby cause an attack. I don't know the details of your situation, but if you have more questions please feel free to e-mail me.

 
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