"Kittens chase 200-pound bear up a tree"

Here is the amusing article from Florida Today:

APOPKA -- A 6-foot, 200-pound bear has been perched high above a Central Florida neighborhood for hours Friday after it was chased up a tree by two 6-month-old kittens, FLORIDA TODAY news partner WKMG Local 6 News reports.

The stuck bear has kept homeowners living in the 1900 block of Votaw Road on edge Friday.

"(The bear) was out looking for a place to live and got startled and took refuge in the tree," Florida Fish and Wildlife worker Tom Shupe said.

Local 6 showed video of homeowners gathering around the home to see the animal hanging onto a branch.

Homeowners said two kittens chased the bear before it became stuck.

"(The kittens) had the bear just cornered at the fence and it saw the tree and just ran up the tree and has been there ever since," homeowner Jason Daniels said.

"It is not uncommon," Shupe said. "They are a very timid bear and very nonaggressive and quite often it is a little poodle or cat that chases them up a tree." . . .

Thanks very much to April for sending this link to me.