Fisher Cat Screech

Fishers or as they are locally called – fisher-cats – are a breed of animals which are not related to the common cat. Their Binomial name is Martes Pennanti and this species is at low risk in terms of its conservation status. These animals are known to be agile in trees, using its long slender body to pursue prey down in tree hollows or buried in burrows in the ground. They are in fact related to the weasel, mink, marten and otter families, and despite its name, is rarely seen to eat fish.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats have thick, darkish brown glossy coats and the shade of fur appears to be darker on females than on the males. Adult fishers weight approximately between 4 and 15 lbs, and are anywhere between 29 to 47 inches in length. Males outweigh the females by 1:2 ratio. These animals have long, sharp, retractable claws, and are able to rotate their hind paws 180 degrees, therefore enabling them to climb trees and have a vice like grip.

Fisher cats are carnivorous by nature and are solitary hunters. Their prey include snowshoe hare, porcupine, mice, moles and shrews along with certain types of squirrels. They are also known to eat certain birds – which are ground nested like the turkey and grouse, fruit and berries that they may find, as well as a certain type of deer – carrion. Continue reading →

The Fisher Cat is a marten related to the family of weasels and is only found in North America. The Fisher Cat is known for being a ferocious predator and the sounds of a fisher cat have become notorious because they are similar to a child or a woman crying for help.

Fisher cats have been blamed for attacking and killing domestic cats in every area that they were spotted and due to this they have also been labeled as Fisher the cat killer. While Fisher Cats are ferocious enough to attack house cats and have done that, a lot of what is said about them is folklore and exaggerated. Fisher cats are definitely dangerous due to their predatory nature but they are probably made out to be more dangerous than they really are.

An interesting thing about Fisher cats is that they are one of the few predators of the porcupine and have developed a method to attack and kill porcupines. Due to this reason they are used for controlling porcupine population naturally.

Fisher Cats average at around 4 kilos and some of the large Fisher cat animals can grow to as much as 7 kilos. Continue reading →

When New Hampshire resident Duke Smith first heard the cry of a Fisher cat he thought he heard a baby dying slowly. The shrieks were constant, high pitched and their resemblance to human voice was really eerie. Several nights and a few missing cat notices later other residents of the neighborhood confirmed that these were the sounds of a Fisher cat.

Fisher cats are ferocious predators belonging to the weasel family and are known for their eerie screams and liking for house cats. Continue reading →