Cat vs. oso

The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports on the brave tabby who fended off a big black bear:

Suzanne Giovanetti was reading at the kitchen table when her husband Dean cried out from the TV room at the back of the house that a black bear had just scurried up a tree on the edge of the couple’s backyard.

Then she noticed Jack camped out at the base of the tree.

"I thought, ‘Aww, look at the little kitty looking at the bear,’" Giovanetti said. But as Giovanetti watched on, she saw the bear cast frequent, worried glances down at the cat, a 10-year-old orange-and-white tabby named Jack.

Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, tells The Star-Ledger of Newark Jack considers the area his turf and doesn't want anyone in his yard.