Bear's out on a limb, fleeing a clawless kitty -

NJ.com ^ | Friday, June 9, 2006 | Paola Loriggio

[XRdsRev]

Cat proves size doesn't always matter in his neck of the woods.

To his neighbors, he's a loner, a sometimes-friendly, sometimes- surly senior who spends his days wandering through the woods. He is particular about his yard. Strang ers are not always welcomed.

But last week, Jack the cat be came a hero when he chased a black bear out of his neighbors' yard and up a tree.

Twice.

Last Sunday afternoon Suzanne Giovanetti was reading at the kitchen table when her husband Dean cried out from the TV room at the back of the house: A black bear had just scurried up a tree on the edge of the couple's backyard in Shady Lake, a private community at the base of West Milford....

http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1149831832170600.xml&coll=1

[XRdsRev]

Current events from black bear country in Northern New Jersey. The Ledger this morning actually had a pic of this little cat sitting on the lawn staring up at the "treed" bear, absolutely hilarious.

[lovecraft]

That's one tough pussy.....(ahem)

[ahayes]

Now that's funny! Goes to show it's all about attitude!

[sachem longrifle]

mmmmmm....bear meat(if its from a younger woods bear and not a dump bear). Grew up on it practically(along with venison)

[Caveman Lawyer]

French bear?

[Slings and Arrows]

A Viking Kitty indeed!

[capt. norm]

mmmmmm....bear meat

Agreed! If people knew what excellent table fare bear meat is we'd have "bear farms" (what a thought!) and people raising them for money.

[meowmeow]

Dickey believes that Jack mistook the bear for her barrel- chested chocolate Labrador retriever, Cocoa, and chased it as a game, she said.

Silly woman. Jack knew it wasn't her stupid dog. My kind of cat.

[mewzilla]

Cat 1, Bear 0 In New Jersey

There's a picture of Jack. Cute mew.

[Labyrinthos]

While the doggie-bots around here will never admit this, based upon my observations, a clawed kitty of the domestic type can whup just about any domestic dog. Now we can add bear to the list.

[Al Simmons]

As old-time Ohio State football coach Woody Hays used to say:

"Its not the size of the dog in the fight that counts; its the size of the fight in the dog."

This also explains why some violent femmes can perpetuate years of violence against their much-larger, but non-violent, husbands....but that is a story for another day....

[wvobiwan]

Bwahahahah! The Chirac of the bear world!

[sachem longrifle]

My grandfather and mother use to smoke it....perfecto. Better than venison. Plus a warm rug to boot

[AntiGuv]

[wvobiwan]

Thought that was Archie Griffen?

[Malsua]

[mewzilla]

Hee hee. That's what I call catitude!

[Al Simmons]

[mewzilla]

Awwwww!!!

[MainFrame65]

The President needs a new pet....