Kicker: Burglar with claws

Editor's note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above.

MARY REICHARD, HOST: A home invasion in Monrovia, California, this weekend, but the culprit wasn’t your average burglar. It was all caught on security camera:

I’m guessing a bird sounding the alarm there?...when a black bear sauntered into Zoe Cadman’s house through a screen door.

Zoe only woke up when the bear opened the fridge. But the real wake-up call? When the family dog Doodle came face to face with the intruder.

Doodle dodged a claw swipe, barked, and lived to wag another day. The bear? It let itself out.

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: Who needs an alarm system when you’ve got Doodle?

REICHARD: It’s The World and Everything in It.

WORLD Radio transcripts are created on a rush deadline. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of WORLD Radio programming is the audio record.