oh that is so horrible. my hubby put our 17 yr old cat out in the backyard at 2 a.m. to potty and something attacked him very fast. broke his back. coyote most likely or perhaps a fox. we lost him. now, we have 3 cats. a momma and her two girls. she brought them into our backyard at night for safety, so of course we had to let her in our garage and then our house.
so sorry hon.