Breaking: Blind Squirrel Finds Acorn!

Ok, maybe not really "breaking," so much, since this story is a few days old, but to make an 8-years-long story short, Alberta finally got around to putting the grizzly bear on the Threatened List. Now we wait to see if the gov will in fact follow through, and start taking the necessary steps (restricting access, etc.) to actually protect the grizzly population. At least, in the meatime, the bears can't be hunted.

Today's Bear-Getting-Itself-Into-Difficulties Story...

...is brought to you by the town of Apopka, Florida! You can see a previous BGIID Story here.

Anyway, in Florida, it seems that late last week a bear wandered out of national park near Apopka and into a residential neighbourhood, only to be vanquished by a foe fiercer than anticipated!

MUNCH SLURP GULP * Siren Noises *

Bear convicted of theft

A bear who kept stealing honey from a beekeeper's hives has been convicted of theft and criminal damage in Macedonia.

But the bear was nowhere to be seen as the court in Bitola handed down its judgement, reports the Daily Telegraph.

As is often the case, the best part of this story is saved for last:

The court found the bear guilty and, since it had no owner and belonged to a protected species, ordered the state to pay the £1,700 damage it caused.

And so it all ended happily...