Coyotes videoed roaming in south Buckhead, killing cat in Loring Heights neighborhood

A woman in the south Buckhead neighborhood of Loring Heights told WAGA-TV Fox Atlanta she was traumatized when she witnessed a pack of coyotes attacking her cat. The three coyotes were captured on a neighbor's surveillance camera.

Residents, who are concerned about the coyotes on the loose, also spoke to WSB-TV Channel 2’s Michael Buczyner, showing him surveillance video of the animals wandering through the neighborhood.

“If they’re willing to take a 20 pound cat before the sun comes up, it’s probably not safe to walk your small dogs around here. It’s frightening,” Renee Wright, the woman who had her cat killed told Fox Atlanta.

When pets were first noticed missing in the community, neighbors thought it was because of a pack of wild dogs. But Wright says she witnessed the three coyotes attacking and killing her cat Saturday morning in the Loring Heights neighborhood, which is on both sides of Deering Road in south Buckhead.

Wildlife experts say coyotes have moved into Georgia at a record pace. Even in the city of Atlanta, there are at least 3,000 coyote sightings a year.

Officials say coyotes can be hunted year round in Georgia and so far 200 people have been certified to exterminate the animals. 

Wright told the TV stations some of her neighbors are talking about hiring someone to trap the animals.