Fat cat snatched by hawk then dropped in neighbour's garden due to weight

It was dawn on the upper West Side of New York the other day when a young woman heard a screech usually heard in the countryside: the raspy kreeing of a red-tailed hawk capturing its prey.

It got louder and more horrible as it suddenly mixed with the mews of a terrified cat. Her beloved cat, Eddie.



She ran out to her fifth-floor terrace where Eddie had been stretched out on a bench and saw nothing but "fur, broken nails, and feathers." "He dropped him in the garden of a building a few doors down," Eddie's amazed owner said.

"The tenant was awakened by a huge thud in his garden. He ran out and found his garden umbrella toppled over, and a cat in the corner, meowing." Fat Eddie had been dropped at least five stories. "I can only imagine Eddie bounced off the umbrella like in the cartoons," the owner said.

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