Little orange kitty has big bear on the run
Full disclosure: This is not a new photo. It was taken in 2006, but just pointed out to me by an animal-loving colleague. And it's such a great image, I thought it deserved a bit more play. What a fierce, fierce orange kitty! A little tiger, clearly. And he doesn't even have claws! I hope that even though a few years have past, Jack the cat has as much -- if not more -- spirit. Here's what the National Geographic said at the time.
Jack, a 15-pound orange-and-white cat, cat sits under a treed black bear in a backyard in West Milford, N.J.. When the bear climbed down, the cat chased it up another nearby tree. Neighbor Suzanne Giovanetti thought Jack was simply looking up at the bear, but soon realized the much larger animal was afraid of the hissing cat. The cat's owners called it away and the bear ran off. (AP Photo/Suzanne Giovanetti)
Comments
That clawless Jack is one tough kitty. And I love how he just comes in when he's called. Ferocious with the bear, but accommodating with his owner. A kitty with his priorities straight.
Posted by: petlover | November 6, 2009 11:20 AM
At first I thought that was a manipulated picture. It just seems so surreal seeing a big bear up a tree with a little kitty at the bottom scaring it. Wow
Posted by: Serious Cat | November 6, 2009 4:00 PM
That's an awesome picture. A fierce cat has a bear running for his life. This can be the absolute example that size doesn't matter, but what matter's is the strength. Thanks for the post.
Posted by: gadgets | November 7, 2009 5:37 AM
Well, alot of times when they catch and remove bears that have gotten too close to populated areas, when the re-release them into the wild, they shoot guns and actually send dogs chasing after them. So, even though bears can be really ferocious, they clearly don't want conflict unless something is wrong. Poor bear!
Posted by: Nicholas Sadaka | November 11, 2009 10:19 AM