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2007-05-17

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Cat Chases Bear Up Tree

2007-04-17

june 13, 2006?Perhaps not since the Cowardly Lion has an animal's appearance been so at odds with its attitude. On June 4 a black bear wandered into a West Milford, New Jersey, back yard, was confronted by a 15-pound (7-kilogram) tabby cat ? and fled up a neighbor's tree. Hissing at the base of the tree, Jack the clawless cat kept the bear at bay for about 15 minutes, then ran him up another tree after an attempted escape. Finally, Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, called the cat inside, and the timorous trespasser disappeared back into the woods. "He doesn't want anybody in his yard," Dickey said of Jack in an interview with the Newark Star Ledger. Unlike cats, bears aren't typically territorial, roaming instead over vast areas that would be impossible to patrol for intruders. With a habitat that includes much of North America, black bears are seen fairly often in this region of New Jersey. Full-grown black bears weigh between 200 and 600 pounds (90 and 270 kilograms) and measure as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) long. Their diets can include fruits, honey, insects, acorns and animals as big as moose calves?a fact apparently lost on Jack.

Puss that cat-ches the bus

2007-04-17

Puss that cat-ches the bus By JOHN SCOTT April 10, 2007 A CAT has stunned bus drivers by commuting on a busy route most days for three months. The mystery cat jumps on the No 331 service in Wolverhampton and rides it two stops down the road before leaping off near a fish and chip shop. Since January, the cat ? nicknamed Macavity by drivers ? has caught the bus three times a week and always gets on and off at the same spot. Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, said: ?As soon as I open the doors he jumps on. He seems to like it.? Passenger Paul Brennan, 19, said: ?The cat sat at the front, waited patiently for the right stop and got off. ?It was quite strange at first but now seems normal. He is the perfect passenger. The only problem is he never pays.? Travel West Midlands, which operates the service, said: ?The cat certainly knows how to use buses and is a regular traveller on the 311.? (met dank aan scopitone en gerda)