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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
Mark Edwards wrote:
Now here's a story about a brave cat who guards his turf (grin): http://www.nbc5i.com/family/9346381/detail.html -Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard - -POSTED: 8:57 am CDT June 9, 2006 -WEST MILFORD, N.J. - -At least one bear doesn't want to know Jack. - -Jack is a 10-year-old orange-and-white tabby in West -Milford, N.J. And when the cat spotted the bear in a -neighbor's yard earlier this week, the clawless kitty -let the bear know who's boss. - -The bear scurried up a tree and eyed the cat for 10 to -15 minutes, while Jack stared and hissed from the ground. -The bruin inched its way down before jumping off and -running away. - -But Jack chased the bear into the brush and up another tree. - -That's when Jack's owner realized what was happening and -called her cat. The bear took off as Jack rubbed up against -its owner and the neighbors. - -Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, told The Star-Ledger of Newark -Jack considers the area his turf and doesn't want anyone -in his yard. That's hiliarious! Brown bears are more fierce than their cousins the black bears. This must have been a young one. And what was it doing in New Jersey??? Jill |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:33:59 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: Mark Edwards wrote: Now here's a story about a brave cat who guards his turf (grin): http://www.nbc5i.com/family/9346381/detail.html -Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard - -POSTED: 8:57 am CDT June 9, 2006 -WEST MILFORD, N.J. - -At least one bear doesn't want to know Jack. - -Jack is a 10-year-old orange-and-white tabby in West -Milford, N.J. And when the cat spotted the bear in a -neighbor's yard earlier this week, the clawless kitty -let the bear know who's boss. - -The bear scurried up a tree and eyed the cat for 10 to -15 minutes, while Jack stared and hissed from the ground. -The bruin inched its way down before jumping off and -running away. - -But Jack chased the bear into the brush and up another tree. - -That's when Jack's owner realized what was happening and -called her cat. The bear took off as Jack rubbed up against -its owner and the neighbors. - -Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, told The Star-Ledger of Newark -Jack considers the area his turf and doesn't want anyone -in his yard. That's hiliarious! Brown bears are more fierce than their cousins the black bears. This must have been a young one. And what was it doing in New Jersey??? Jill I haven't seen any account stating the color of the bear in question, so, given that it was on the East Coast, I would presume it was a black bear. Even so, there is quite a difference in size. I guess that this would be described as Psychological Warfare. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 11:07:20 -0500, John F. Eldredge
yodeled: On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:33:59 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: Mark Edwards wrote: Now here's a story about a brave cat who guards his turf (grin): http://www.nbc5i.com/family/9346381/detail.html -Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard - -POSTED: 8:57 am CDT June 9, 2006 -WEST MILFORD, N.J. - -At least one bear doesn't want to know Jack. - -Jack is a 10-year-old orange-and-white tabby in West -Milford, N.J. And when the cat spotted the bear in a -neighbor's yard earlier this week, the clawless kitty -let the bear know who's boss. - -The bear scurried up a tree and eyed the cat for 10 to -15 minutes, while Jack stared and hissed from the ground. -The bruin inched its way down before jumping off and -running away. - -But Jack chased the bear into the brush and up another tree. - -That's when Jack's owner realized what was happening and -called her cat. The bear took off as Jack rubbed up against -its owner and the neighbors. - -Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, told The Star-Ledger of Newark -Jack considers the area his turf and doesn't want anyone -in his yard. That's hiliarious! Brown bears are more fierce than their cousins the black bears. This must have been a young one. And what was it doing in New Jersey??? Jill They've got bears up the wazoo in Jersey-- it's a constant problem. THey recently reinstated an annual bear hunt. And just in the past month, two unfortunate bears were shot for trespassing. They are mostly young ones, who've just left their moms and are drawn to people's garbage for an easy meal. It's all very distressing. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
On 2006-06-10, Kreisleriana penned:
They've got bears up the wazoo in Jersey-- it's a constant problem. THey recently reinstated an annual bear hunt. And just in the past month, two unfortunate bears were shot for trespassing. They are mostly young ones, who've just left their moms and are drawn to people's garbage for an easy meal. It's all very distressing. A friend of mine lives up in the mountains; her property leads into national forest land. Anyway, last night a bear apparently got into her shed and distributed her trash all around her two-acre lot. The rules for the neighborhood require that all trash be kept in a closed trashcan, inside a shed. She does have a bear-proof trash can, but she said she got lazy about locking it down all the way. Oops. I guess she'll be more careful in the future ... -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
"jmcquown" wrote That's hiliarious! Brown bears are more fierce than their cousins the black bears. This must have been a young one. And what was it doing in New Jersey??? I didn't see any mention of the bear being brown in the article. When I first viewed the article at the page from which it was taken, there was a photo with it and the caption stated that the bear was black. That photo has now been replaced with a poll asking if you think your pet would chase a bear or be too scared to chase one. |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
"Pat" wrote in message .. . "jmcquown" wrote That's hiliarious! Brown bears are more fierce than their cousins the black bears. This must have been a young one. And what was it doing in New Jersey??? I didn't see any mention of the bear being brown in the article. When I first viewed the article at the page from which it was taken, there was a photo with it and the caption stated that the bear was black. That photo has now been replaced with a poll asking if you think your pet would chase a bear or be too scared to chase one. Probably just a reporter who didn't realize that Black Bears come in a large variety of usually dark colors. The real Smokey the Bear at the Zoo had a mate named Goldie and she was quite light. Jo |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
Pat wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote That's hiliarious! Brown bears are more fierce than their cousins the black bears. This must have been a young one. And what was it doing in New Jersey??? I didn't see any mention of the bear being brown in the article. When I first viewed the article at the page from which it was taken, there was a photo with it and the caption stated that the bear was black. That photo has now been replaced with a poll asking if you think your pet would chase a bear or be too scared to chase one. "Brown" bears come in many different shades, black being one of them. Don't ask me how to tell the difference - I think it's the size, maybe? |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
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Here's a photo! It's incredible: http://articles.news.aol.com/news/ar...10022309990006 Quite incredible. Here's a Swedish papers story - if you don't understand Swedish, look at the pictures. There's a close-up of the cat. http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...839676,00.html -- Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Declawed Tabby Cat Scares Bear From Back Yard
Marina wrote:
Quite incredible. Here's a Swedish papers story - if you don't understand Swedish, look at the pictures. There's a close-up of the cat. http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...839676,00.html I'm amazed this story made it to Sweden! Or that Swedes know where "New Jersey" is without the USA being mentioned. I don't speak Swedish, but by process of elimination I was able to figure out that "bjorn" means bear. I guess I should have known that already, since that is a common name, but I didn't realize that was what it meant. Joyce |
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