--- description: Footage captured by a security camera shows Max the cat fending off the trio coyotes as they attempt to gang up on him. title: Three Coyotes Don't Impress This Unfazed Cat Much image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Three Coyotes Fail to Impress Unfazed Cat Named Max in This Showdown ## Video: Cats Care About People More Than Food, New Study Finds [Watch (HLS stream): Cats Care About People More Than Food, New Study Finds](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3tc6BEh1.m3u8) (0:56)  _Published 2017-03-28. Cats may have a reputation of being standoffish creatures who show their owners affection merely to fill their tummies_  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 13, 2020 3:49 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 13, 2020 3:49 PM CUT There’s nothing better than when the underdog comes out on top. Or, in this case, undercat. That’s exactly what happened during a recent showdown between a particularly plucky [house cat](https://time.com/5748791/cat-filter-reaction/ "undefined") and three [coyotes](https://time.com/5656480/chicago-coyote-pup/ "undefined") outside a home in the [Los Angeles](http://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1844490%5F1844431%5F1844091,00.html "undefined") neighborhood of Highland Park. Footage captured by a security camera shows Max the cat fending off the trio of larger attackers as they attempt to gang up on him in the alley behind his house. Max, for one, wasn’t having any of it. “He’s always been crazy,” Max’s owner, Maya Gurrin, told [CBS Los Angeles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVqA8Rs7AM "undefined"). “Like if this were to happen with any cat, it would be him.” Gurrin added that Max’s time as a freewheeling outdoors cat has now come to an end. But she said that she’s planning on building him an outside enclosure so he can still get some fresh air without being in danger of ambushes by wild animals. Watch the video below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/"},"headline":"Three Coyotes Fail to Impress Unfazed Cat Named Max in This Showdown","datePublished":"2020-01-13T15:49:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:12.296Z","description":"Max the cat wasn't going down without a fight","url":"https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","onetime","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/","name":"Three Coyotes Fail to Impress Unfazed Cat Named Max in This Showdown"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Cats Care About People More Than Food, New Study Finds","description":"Cats may have a reputation of being standoffish creatures who show their owners affection merely to fill their tummies","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3tc6BEh1/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-03-28T15:57:17.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3tc6BEh1.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5763740/cat-fights-off-coyotes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```