Fisher Cat Attacks Child at Bus Stop
Kid walking to bus stop attacked by a fisher cat
Fisher Cat Attack – Department of Environmental Management Officials are searching for a fisher cat that attacked a 6-year-old boy on Karen Drive in Hopkinton, Rhode Island on Monday June 22, 2009.
Police say the boy was waiting for the bus with his mother and other kids, when the 20-to-25 pound animal appeared. The mother told the animal attacked when the group started walking away.
The mother kicked the animal off her son, and another child threw a backpack at the fisher cat. A neighbor eventually chased the fisher cat away.
The boy was taken to Westerly Hospital, and treated for bites on his leg. Fisher cats are relatives of the weasel. They tend to be nocturnal, and often prey on smaller animals like chipmunks and squirrels.
July 12th, 2009 at 11:26 am
oh my goodness poor boy!!! i have a fisher cat living n my nieghborhood! i hear they can be very viciois!!!!!! be careful..
July 12th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
The poor boy! A fisher cat attacked my dads chickens last night and killed two of them.
August 3rd, 2009 at 7:15 am
20 to 25 lbs!! I don’t think they get that big. Is it possible it was a different kind of animal or more likely they grossly overestimated the size and weight. I understood that 15lbs is the upper limit.
September 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
I hope that little boy is ok. I have a 6year old and there was a fishercat in my back yard last night.
September 7th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Shoot it
September 24th, 2009 at 8:00 am
You know, Anonymous, although I don’t necessarily disagree with your solution in general, I don’t think putting a couple of rounds into anything is a good idea AT A CHILDREN’S BUS STOP. (But I like your cut and dry “problem? solution!” way of thinking.
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September 28th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
saw another one todayin East Haddam, CT. I’m with anonymous…shoot it (but yeah, not at the bus stop!)
October 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am
October 9, 2009
Fisher cat just crossed in front of my car, 12 noon, on rt. 216 at the North Stonington line, in Hopkinton RI. I never saw one before and had to look it up on this site…….it was a fisher cat indeed……. everyone becareful out there.
December 11th, 2009 at 9:35 am
kid got rocked. dont mess the fisher cat