Tabby Cat Chases Bear Up Tree, Twice

[gatorboy]

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060610022309990006&_ccc=6&cid=842

WEST MILFORD, N.J. (June 10) - A black bear picked the wrong yard for a jaunt, running into a territorial tabby who ran the furry beast up a tree - twice.

Jack, a 15-pound orange and white cat, keeps a close vigil on his property, often chasing small animals, but his owners and neighbors say his latest escapade was surprising.

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Neighbor Suzanne Giovanetti first spotted Jack's accomplishment after her husband saw a bear climb a tree on the edge of their northern New Jersey property on Sunday. Giovanetti thought Jack was simply looking up at the bear, but soon realized the much larger animal was afraid of the hissing cat.

After about 15 minutes, the bear descended and tried to run away, but Jack chased it up another tree.

EDIT: Found a much better pic :rofl:

[KittyWampus]

1. A 15 pound cat? Holy Mackerel!

[asjr]

14. My sister has an orange tabby named Buster who

weighs 25 lbs. I had a siamese named Chang who weighed 33 lbs. Chang was a paficist who unfortunately got into a fight with a Republican cat who beat the crap out of him. Fatal.

[Up2Late]

46. My cat Chucky is 14-15 pounds of solid muscle, I bet he could do that too.

He's a neighborhood Tom-Cat that I adopted a few years after I moved into my house. He was living here before I was. I adopted him after he was injured in a fight with an even bigger cat. The neighbors cat had to have been at least 17 pounds.

Chucky scares the hell out of my other cats when he starts to howl at any yard intruders, but he's a absolute sweet-heart at all other times.

[meow2u3]

61. My Boots weighs about 16 pounds

But he's gray tabby and white.

My friend was at my house a couple of days ago and she spotted Boots chasing off a big dog. He was ready to scratch his eyes out!

Jack is one tough kitty!

[bbinacan]

2. Not in MY house.

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

3. And if he can do dat, we should be able to chase bushitler out of the

WhiteHouse!

[TahitiNut]

43. I was thinking Jack ought to be taken to meet Senator Frist.

:evilgrin:

[meow2u3]

62. You beat me to it

GMTA

[Sanity Claws]

4. Haha

I love it! This is the first photo I've seen of Jack. I think he deserves a close up.

[robinlynne]

5. maybe we can learn something from that cat?

[Uncle Joe]

6. This cat must be a blogger. n/t

[lonestarnot]

11. and he won't put up with people like these freaks

[Uncle Joe]

16. Don't you know Barney would rather be somewhere else,

like drinking out of a toilet or something.

[lonestarnot]

19. Barney would be

the bear?

[IndyOp]

20. Geez - He's flipping people off while holding Barney! (nt)

:crazy:

[lonestarnot]

24. Oh silly me, I thought you were referencing the OP.

sorry :blush:

forgot about bushitler.

[LonelyLRLiberal]

30. Is that Bush photo real? How did I miss it?

More info please.

[yellerpup]

51. I love this graphic, lonestarnot

it really captures the tone of this administration.

[sarahlee]

29. Caption Contest

Cat = netroots

Bear = DLC

[BlueStorm]

7. Ah yes, life's lessons can come in weird ways. n/t

[robinlynne]

15. excuse my ignorance, but what does n/t mean?

[IndyOp]

22. n/t - No text in the message field, just in subject line. (n/t)

:hi:

[WePurrsevere]

23. n/t = no text, used when all they wanted to say fits in the subject line.

n/t :D

(edited because my fingers type faster then my brain works sometimes. ;) )

[niallmac]

33. Nice Tabby n/t

[longship]

8. Definitely worth a recommendation.

Good stuff like this needs wide exposure.

[Tactical Progressive]

9. It's a mainstream media bear

and Jack is a nasty little right-wing cat hissing 'liberal media bias'.

Nothing new here.

[BlooInBloo]

10. OMFG!

:rofl:
:rofl:
:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

12. You must send this to Steven Colbert!

[kimpossible]

13. Yes, Colbert will have a new ally

in the war against bears!

:party:

[lonestarnot]

17. Yes he might treat Tabby to Hall of Fame prestige.

[Pachamama]

26. Too funny....

Wonder if this cat is also related to the one that keeps attacking people? :shrug:

Yes, Colbert would be all over this in his war on bears! :rofl:

[Nikki Stone 1]

18. Recommend for allegory of the day

:)

[Kurovski]

21. Geez, I wish more Democratic politicians had that cat's confidence.

[DELUSIONAL]

25. A neighbor's cat beats up dogs

anyway I forwarded this story to them.

Thanks for this link.

And some people wonder how the Iraqi "insurgents" are fighting the better equipped US military.

Territorial imperative & home court advantage & territorial aggression.

The cat is teaching the world a lesson. Pure animal instinct/behavior --

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

40. My cat Midnight weighs 8lbs and only has one fang.

She's "red file" at the vet's which means she's a dangerous animal. That happened after a hiliarious physics-defying incident where she managed to get around the vet, as he lifted her out of the carrier, latch onto his ass, going for a ride as he hopped and ran around the room yelling.

She used to beat the crap out of our 95lb German Shepherd who was not a nice dog herself (only trustworthy with family). When we have my stepbrother for the weekend, we also get custody of the dog...a big retarded black lab. Midnight has trapped this dog in a closet numerous times and refused to let her out.

Currently, I'm fostering a pit bull. Midnight saw him, sat down, waited for him to approach, clawed his nose, and sat back down to continue the staring down. The pit's reaction was to yelp and run away. He refuses to go near any of our cats now.

I wouldn't be surprised if she treed a bear one day.

BTW, this story happened in the town immediately north of me. Bears are common around here.

[earth mom]

27. Love it!

I have 3 male red (orange) and white tabbies and one is a scrapper-he's got 2 hunks of fur missing right now to prove it (it's slowly growing back) but the real fighter is the black/orange tabby female who weights maybe 6 or 7 pounds-she's the one who really rules the cathouse! :D

[Lugnut]

28. That's hysterical

My friend has a little five pound black cat who keeps the neighbor's German Shepherd away from her house. The dog is terrified of the little squirt. :D

I sent my friend the link to that story.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

42. Check out my post above (#40)

It's about my little black cat that beats up big dogs...German Shepherd, lab, pit bull.

[Lugnut]

45. Lmao

Midnight is apparently no slouch either. ;)

[havocmom]

31. There are people who use trained dogs to harass bears

into leaving areas where they have too much interaction with people. They might have a place on the squad for that cat!

While it's a great story, I fear for the cat. Someday he'll meet up with a more seasoned bear... one who is too big to climb trees.

[NJCher]

36. you must not have any cats around

They are nimble, fast, and can outrun and outthink a bear in a heartbeat.

The very thought of a bear catching a cat is...well, very funny.




Cher

[havocmom]

38. Have raised them for decades

Do you have much bear experience? They are faster, more nimble and a whole lot brighter than most people think.

The reason young bears climb trees is because older bears often kill cubs. Bears fight bears. An exchange with a fierce cat is not gonna be nearly as damaging to an experienced bear as the natural match-ups in their lives.

Oh, and I know some people who have lost cats... to bears. Not so funny.

[applegrove]

54. I hate bears. Am terrified of them. I hear that their sight is poor.

Perhaps why it let a cat tree him?

I had a kitten who treed a racoon. The racoon stopped at three feet up the tree.. looked back down... and said "shit! its only kitten"..then backed down the tree. Kitten was thrilled at having treed the racoon..but didn't quite know what to do when the racoon "made him".

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

57. Black bears aren't scary.

I once ended up about 15' away from one. It just looked at me and walked away. I've been outdoors with them probably half a dozen times. They always either leave or keep doing what they're doing. They're not aggressive like grizzley bears. If you see a black bear, you're supposed to just yell at it and wave your arms a bit. They get scared and run away.

[applegrove]

58. That doesn't always happen. Some black bears are dangerous &

aggressive. You should always have a whisle & some bear spray. Bears are scary.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

59. They've killed three people in recorded history on the eastern seaboard.

I doubt I'll be the fourth. I know not to get between mother & cub and since I'm not scared of them, I'm less likely to be attacked than you. You need to pretend you're the scary bear. If you act dominant, the bear becomes far less likely to act aggressive. If I was going to be hiking in grizzly country, I'd be carrying a gun though.

[NJCher]

63. I just can't imagine that

My cats are way too smart to get cornered by a bear. I can't imagine it happening in a million years.




Cher

[applegrove]

53. Korelian Bear dogs.. they are bread to hate bears. And they are used

now in North America to keep bears away from human interaction.

[greendog]

55. Karelian Bear Dogs...

...a link to an outfit that uses Karelians for bear management in Northern Montana and Alberta.


http://www.beardogs.org/kbds/index.html

[havocmom]

56. Yep. Several breeders and trainers here in Montana

They are amazing dogs. One showed up(about 5 months of age) at my sister's in Tucson years ago. Wonderful temperment. Very loving, smart and seriously determined. Have studied a bit about the breed. If we move back to mountains, I'm getting one or two.

[gatorboy]

32. Here's a picture of Jack

"Are you talkin' to me?"

[malaise]

34. Maybe this Jack can help us

get rid of Bush

What a lovely story.

[Gregorian]

35. We need some cats in Congress.

How symbolic.

[TahitiNut]

44. Well, he should certainly be let loose in the Senate!

:evilgrin: I'd love a photo of Frist up a tree.

[Gregorian]

48. Quick and dirty Frist photoshop

[NJCher]

37. that picture is super-charged

Upon reflecting on it a bit, it's like one of those photos they choose to make inspirational quotes for and that they hang on corporate walls.




Cher

[htuttle]

47. "Confidence"

:rofl:

[xchrom]

39. ok -- jack rocks!

:yourock:

[Cetacea]

41. Typical cat and very funny

This is MY territory!

[yellerpup]

49. We spent Thanksgiving in W. Milford

And were floored when a black bear walked through the back yard before dinner. We were busy trying to round up the host's critters then, but it looks like we should have just let the cat out. :popcorn:

[Terran1212]

50. WHOA

[pnwmom]

52. thank you thank you thank you

I needed a good laugh.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Neshanic]

60. Mrs. Slocombe, "my pussy scared a bear up a tree!"

[rug]

65. She now has a bear pussy.

[Cobalt Violet]

64. There is nothing a cat named Jack can't do.

I know. I have a Jack.

And I don't blame the bear for being trying to avoid a hissing cat.