Cat Food Heist Busted!

A man in Clearwater, Florida was arrested recently for stealing over $342 worth of cat food from a local Walmart Store. James Lawlor's brilliant plan was simple: load up a shopping cart with cat food and push it out to his car. However, Walmart's loss prevention team flagged and apprehended Mr. Lawlor. Lawlor was later arrested and sent to the Pinellas County Jail charged with one count of Grand Theft in amounts greater than $300 but less than $5000. He was released on a $2000 bond.

Lawlor, 23, told police he had done it before without getting caught and that he sells it to a friend that has "300 cats" and others. He called his transactions, "hustling." Lawlor has been arrested once before for domestic battery in 2009.

Apparently this was not the Prrrfect crime...

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Man Hunted by Tiger, Lives to Tell Story

An Orang Asli man was attacked and nearly killed by a tiger in the Belum-Temengor forest in Malaysia.  The man, 60, was hunting squirrels when he spotted a 80 to 90 kg (176-198 lbs) tiger that appeared to be following him.  The man attempted to jump up into a tree but the large cat caught him and dragged him down.  At that point, he had no other option but to fight it off:

"I was terrified and I used all my strength to punch the animal in the face, but it would not budge.  I had to wrestle with it to keep its jaws away from me, and it would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived."

 Hearing the tiger, the man's wife, 55, ran to his aid and drove the tiger off after beating it repeatedly in the head with a large wooden ladle.  The man had severe lacerations on his head, face, neck and both knees but should survive.  Read the rest of the story here.

Tiger attacks are somewhat unusual but not unheard-of.  When tiger populations were high, attacks were very common.  According to wikipedia, between 1800 and 1900, it is estimated that tigers had killed over 10,000 people in India alone.