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High Chase
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KEEPING GUARD: Jack hates having to share his yard.
Recently, a black bear wandered into a West Milford, New Jersey, back yard, and was confronted by a seven-kg tabby cat. It fled up a neighbour'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, instead roaming 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 90 and 270 kg and measure as much as six feet long. Their diets can include fruits, honey, insects, acorns and animals as big as moose calves — a fact apparently lost on Jack.
COMPILED BY ROHINI RAMAKRISHNAN
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