Great horned owls have attacked and killed cats. This isn’t an urban legend. There are documented cases, wildlife rehabilitation records, and at least one widely circulated photograph from Boulder, Colorado showing a great horned owl mid-flight carrying a domestic cat. That’s the honest answer. But there’s more to the story than that. Are Owls Dangerous To Cats? Cat predation by owls is rare relative to how many cats and great horned owls share …
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