‘Tiger Come Back’: BC House Cat Chases Black Bear Through Family Yard Globalnews.ca

a north vancouver The house cat named Tiger is grabbing the headlines of Tiktok for winning a face-off with a much bigger black bear than her.

Gavin and Cameron Sterrock are rarely surprised by the behavior of their two-year-old Bengali cat.

Tiger has been known to scare the dogs in his Canyon Heights neighborhood, quarreling with his feline brother Taz – even stealing chicken from the family kitchen.

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But on June 21, Tiger surprised the Sterrock brothers.

“Frankly, I was just frozen,” Cameron recalled Friday.

Gavin said he was carrying two boxes of Nerf guns and guards from home to prepare for a Nerf war camp trip when he got caught in a fight on his driveway.

A big black bear he had seen earlier had returned.

“I didn’t notice right away, but my little cat was exactly that — she was right here,” Gavin said.

And Tiger had no fear.

“He was two feet away from this bear,” Gavin told Global News Friday.

“I was terrified, oh my god, this bear is about to eat my cat right now.”

Gavin said he called Tiger and when the kittens didn’t listen, he took out his phone and started recording.

“Tiger Come Back, Tiger…” Gavin to A. is heard on He posted the video of the encounter on Tiktok,

Tiger is seen arching his back and walking towards the bear, which then backs away and runs away.

“I saw the cat chase the bear and I wasn’t at all,” Cameron said.

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With Tiger in pursuit, the animal fled from its backyard and has not returned since.

Not bad for a cat, the brothers claim, having already cheated death once.

“He had this disease called FIP, Feline Infectious Peritonitis,” Gavin said.

“It’s basically a death sentence.”

With medication and injections, Gavin said Tiger managed to beat the viral disease.