Thanks to Corey Williams of the Independent Online for the Headline
This incident happened in Western Northern California although with the number of Red Kites around where I live , it wouldn’t surprise me if one day it happened here as Red Kites are renowned scavengers.
The cat unfortunately hit the car windscreen from a great height ,breaking it and and falling off onto the road and fortunately not into the car. It was possible that the cat was already dead when it was dropped by the eagle as it might have been previously knocked over by a car , and scavenged by the eagle , but just proved too heavy to carry any further.
After ascertaining that the woman had suffered no injuries, the person who the lady was speaking to in the incident room checked if the cat was still alive. Unfortunately not, so no need to despatch animal welfare.
Red Kites are scavengers and probably could carry small prey , even a mouse dropped from the sky could do some serious damage.
Unfortunately the eagle never got a chance to enjoy it’s meal and probably had to keep on searching. Such is life for wild animals and it seems unsuspecting motorists. The cat I would like to think is in heaven.
thenotsomightyom 