In one Ahwatukee neighborhood, this is too close for comfort.
A bobcat was sighted near homes and may be responsible for attacking and killing a beloved pet.
Neighbors got a picture of a bobcat up in a tree in an Ahwatukee Foothills Neighborhood.
It may be the bobcat that attacked Marie Parsey's little Pomeranian Griffey.
Last week her husband let Griffey out in the back yard, when he didn't come back after five minutes her husband John went outside, and he was attacked by something large.
Griffey was found in the pool lifeless. "We think during the struggle somehow our dog tripped and fell right into the pool; he was bleeding profusely, there was something that clawed him or whatever," said Marie Parsey.
After seeing that picture of the cat lurking nearby, she says pet owners should not take any chances.
"My advice would be after this experience, is that every time I'd be taking my dog outside, I wouldn't leave them at all," she said.
"Griffey was 16-years-old, you know he lived a long life, but I'd have to say; you know he's gone in and out for 16 years, whether with us or without us and everything's been fine," said Parey.
That little dog was in the back yard with 6 foot high fences and an animal still got to it.
A wildlife removal expert says that there may be more bobcat sightings because of the cooler weather, and this is their mating season.
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