And he can bring reinforcements:
A few nights ago, when the weather got cold, we had a home invader. At 0230, my wife the insomniac is screaming at the top of her lungs in the living room. I come rolling out of bed, grab the Hi Power and Surefire and charge out into the living room. However, my big bad boy black cat already had the intruder by the scruff of the neck, and is running around under the table with him. Unfortunately rather than having a "bite to stop" or "bite to kill" doctrine, he has a "catch and release, chase it down, catch and release, repeat" doctrine. Which is why my wife is screaming -- small rodents running around underfoot really creep her out. By now the reinforcements pictured above are in on it, so there we are, three cats and guy in boxer shorts now armed with a dust pan and a broom, running around in the living room after a mouse. I'm surprised the mouse didn't die of fright - or laughter. Eventually I expelled the intruder, not sure if he was mortally wounded or not, but he didn't come back.
elb