FISHER CAT

This is an elusive fisher cat!  She’s a baby. Yesterday her mom was shot and killed after springing out at an animal control officer, who was responding to a call about this fisher cat living in a homeowners attic. She may have felt cornered and probably was protecting her baby. The baby was not harmed and will be raised at the Center. Please see our website for more pictures of this beauty. It seems that fisher cats are on the rise in Massachusetts. More and more of us are seeing them. They are carnivores and will eat squirrels, song birds, rabbits and other wildlife. They can run on the tree tops and on the ground, making them well adapted predators. Fisher cats generally will not go after people, or dogs and cats, as long as they are not cornered. Like all wildlife, we shouldn’t approach them, just appreciate them from a far.  Please share any fisher cat stories of your own, or stories about any wildlife that you love.