Here's a cat with more courage than sense! It seems a bear stole a garbage bag from off the deck of a home in Canada, and the cat decided to intervene. The home-owner caught the encounter on video.
Good thing the cat didn't try to get more physical, I'd say - but gutsy, nonetheless.
Peter
So... I'm going to take a wild guess; that cat wasn't neutered.
ReplyDeleteThat is one lucky cat... he came 'real' close to being a snack...
ReplyDeleteYeah, but the bear still got the spoils---er, garbage bag.
ReplyDeleteSeems cats can hold their own against the bruins... http://www.cynical-c.com/archives/bloggraphics/cattreesbear.jpg
ReplyDeleteWhat gets me is the woman laughing at the situation. She apparently didn't know how dangerous bears can be. The cat could've ended up as bear food, and that laughter would have turned to screams.
ReplyDeletePersonally, when a bear has reached the point of coming on your porch, it's time to shoot the bear. If it gets hungry, the glass windows and flimsy doors won't stop it. It also sounded like there was an infant off-camera that would be a handy meal for a hungry bear.
If a bear stays in the woods and away from people, I have no problem with it. But if it's in my yard, it's a threat.
If the bear is coming on your porch you are storing your trash wrong in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI agree those toddler giggles wouldn't have lasted if the bear made a different choice about the cat.
Matthew said: If the bear is coming on your porch you are storing your trash wrong in the first place.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Sticking anything that could attract a bear out where they can get it is irresponsible of the homeowner. You don't want to bring them close to the house, bad things happen.
I grew up on a farm, and we'd have the occasional bear decide our chickens were there as fast food for them. That may color my thinking a little bit about bears, since those were the chickens we used for eggs and food. Nothing like a critter taking your food to make you think ill of them.
That's a fairly territorial and big-ego cat - the bear pretty obviously was a bit stymied; decided discretion was the better part of gettin' the s**t scratched/bit out of its nose...
ReplyDelete"K', dude, I'm just gonna eeaase on around here, an' pick up the groceries, an' seeya!!..."
Don't sell the cat short, though - I've seen a ten-pound housecat beat the bejeezus out of a full-grown red fox once, with the fox being about three times the size of the cat and just about as quick - most cats can outrun (for a short distance, anyway) and easily outclimb a bear, and cats are generally much quicker than you'd believe.