A prowling coyote proved no match for a stray black cat protecting a Port Moody parking lot Friday morning, May 14.

Caught on camera by a Port Moody police officer, the cat jumps out from under a parked car and chases the wild animal out of a lot near 3051 St. Johns St.

B次元官网网址淭he things our patrol officers see at 4 a.m.,B次元官网网址� wrote the Port Moody Police Department in a Twitter post sharing the video. B次元官网网址淐at 1, coyote 0.B次元官网网址�

Police made sure the coyote was escorted out of the residential area. As for the cat, it was seen B次元官网网址渄oing its roundsB次元官网网址� to safeguard the lot Saturday morning.

The things our patrol officers see at 4am... cat 1, coyote 0.

B次元官网网址� Port Moody Police (@PortMoodyPD)

A response from the Port Moody Police Community Action Team or C.A.T. said, B次元官网网址渢here is only room for one cat here.B次元官网网址�

ThereB次元官网网址檚 only room for one CAT here...

B次元官网网址� PortMoody Police CAT (@PMPDcat)

A few Twitter users recommended Port Moody police recruit the feline to its force.

Maybe you need to add said cat to your force.

B次元官网网址� Renee Legierski (@MamaRenee4)

A Vancouver police officer asked if he could borrow the cat to chase off the pack of coyotes active this time of year in Stanley Park.

B次元官网网址淐an we borrow the cat for a few days?B次元官网网址� Cst. Lee Marten queried.

Can we borrow the cat for a few days?

B次元官网网址� Cst. Lee Marten (@Canuckula)

The post has since surpassed 26,000 views.

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sarah.grochowski@bpdigital.ca
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