Bear relocated for stealing honey…really

Montana grizzly bear was relocated for soothing the ‘rumbly in his tumbly’

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Far from the Hundred Acre Wood, a Montana grizzly bear was relocated for soothing the ‘rumbly in his tumbly’ by stealing honey from commercial hives.

State bear management specialist Mike Madel says it was surprising that the 4 1/2-year-old bear had wandered as far away as Simms, about 20 miles east of the Rocky Mountain Front.

In the fall, black and grizzly bears are constantly searching for food before they den for the winter. Madel figures that’s what brought the bear to the Simms area.

Kitten saved by “guardian angel”

Cat survives being walled in under bath for 7 weeks

BERLIN (Reuters) – A four-year-old cat in Germany called Bonny has survived after being walled in beneath a bathtub for seven weeks, its owner said Tuesday.

“It’s a miracle,” said Monika Hoppert, a 60-year-old widow from the western town of Stadthagen. “I’m a strong believer, I think she must have had a guardian angel. I’m so happy.”

Puppy power

Feisty puppy scares off 3 bears in NJ back yard

A 15-pound cocker spaniel-poodle mix named Pawlee scared off a mother bear and her two cubs Sunday morning after they strayed into his owners’ back yard.

How many toes do you think it has?

Fame finds four-eared feline

The owners of Yoda — a cat with four ears — could use a couple of extra hands to answer their telephones.

Monkey eludes net-wielding Tokyo police

Rogue animal holed up at train station gives dozens of officers the slip
TOKYO – A rogue monkey holed up at a Tokyo train station for more than two hours on Wednesday before giving dozens of net-wielding police officers the slip among crowds of excited children and passersby.

“It’s a monkey – it’s not like it did anything bad,” a police spokesman said, adding that the animal was still on the loose.

Turtle lovin’

Fresh from the wire:
Disabled turtle finds romance after getting wheels

JERUSALEM (AP) — Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Officials at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the 10-year-old spurred tortoise has begun mating since being fitted with a custom skateboard to overcome paralysis of her hind legs.

Trouble in Idaho

Another from the Rathdrum Star,
Thanks to Amy Cannata, our Spokane/North Idaho lookout.

Mewing models slink into NYC hotel fashion show

From the AP:
Mewing models slink into NYC hotel fashion show

NEW YORK (AP) — The catwalk really was a catwalk Thursday. Show cats dressed in everything from an Elvis costume to a sequined satin dress strutted their stuff at New York’s Algonquin Hotel.

Woman, 97, says cat’s yowling saved her from fire

From the KC Star
Woman, 97, says cat’s yowling saved her from fire

Boo Boo the cat has a new name.

“I’m going to name her Hero,” Grace George said Thursday, a day after Boo Boo saved George from a burning house.

George, 97, was sleeping soundly early Wednesday in her home in western Independence when Boo Boo began yowling from the open bedroom window by George’s bed.

Golden retriever adopts tiger cubs at Kansas zoo

Golden retriever adopts tiger cubs at Kansas zoo

CANEY, Kan. (AP) — A dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has adopted three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother. Safari Zoological Park owner Tom Harvey said the tiger cubs were born Sunday, but the mother had problems with them.