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mog
Seasoned Reporter
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Mar 14 2008 : 16:25:12
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Bear convicted of beehive raid
Friday, March 14, 2008 - metro online
A Macedonian court has convicted a bear of theft for stealing honey.
In the case of bear v the beekeeper, the case ended in the beekeeper's favour.
Beekeeper Zoran Kiseloski said: "I tried to distract the bear with lights and music because I heard bears are afraid of that.
"So I bought a generator, lit up the area and put on songs of (Serbian 'turbo-folk' star) Ceca."
The bear stayed away for a few weeks, but came back when the generator ran out of power and the music fell silent, Kiseloski said, adding, "it attacked the beehives again."
A court in the city of Bitola found the bear guilty, and since it had no owner and belonged to a protected species, ordered the state to pay the 140,000 denars (£1,750) damage it caused to the hives.
The bear has vanished since the incident.
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That must have been one hell of a sticky situation
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justagrannynow
Senior Correspondent
France
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 Posted - Mar 17 2008 : 12:49:52
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What an enterprising little beekeeper we have here, and now he is £1,750 better off.
Did anybody else see this bear, which has now disappeared ?
What's the betting it turns up all over the place now ? It's got to beat working for a living. 
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Bluebottle
Reporter
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 23 2008 : 12:46:14
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Bear convicted of beehive raid
