- Dates
- 2021-03-02 – 2021-03-28
- Kind
- Contested wildlife observation
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- wildlifeanimalsobservationcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
From March 2 through 28, 2021, Beaver Island Forum participants debated a resident’s report that a raptor had carried a black-and-white cat on the west side of the island. Other participants challenged the identification and the plausibility of the observation.
Evidence limits
The thread documents a contested eyewitness report and community debate, not confirmed predation or evidence about the island’s raptor or feral-cat populations.
Sources
- A resident reported seeing what he identified as a black-and-white cat in a raptor’s talons on the west side and later repeated the identification. Other participants questioned whether the animal was a cat, whether a hawk or eagle was involved, and whether the report was useful to owners. No photograph, species identification, carcass, or independent witness is preserved; the thread is an unresolved personal observation.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 16 · t016056
Added 10 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Residents debate report of raptor carrying a cat on Beaver Island, 2021”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-contested-raptor-cat-observation-2021/, accessed [date], citing Duffer and forum participants, “Cat,” Beaver Island Forum, March 2–28, 2021..
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