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Score one for Team Hunted.

OK. We know we shouldn't be flip about anyone being injured. But we certainly were very intrigued when we read in the Vancouver Sun that an unlucky hunter was outsmarted by a wounded fox in Eastern Europe.

The man shot the fox while hunting in Northwestern Belarus, which borders Poland. When he approached to finish the job with the butt of his rifle, the fox fought back, according to the newspaper.

During the tussle, the feisty fox managed to pull the trigger on the gun, shooting the hunter in the leg. The hunter wound up in the hospital recovering from his wound, and the trigger-happy fox escaped and is hopefully recovering from his own injuries.

Kind of gives new meaning to the saying "clever like a fox," doesn't it?

As if it wasn't bad enough the first time! Just a month after Brownie the cat made news for surviving an arrow shot through his head, a copy-cat crime has come to light. BC, a two-year-old tabby from Learned, Mississippi, came home with an arrow embedded in his gray and white head, reports WLBT News of Mississippi.

Two years ago, a stray cat wandered up to Randolph Henderson's home, Henderson told Paw Nation. The family put food out for the feral cat until, eventually, he warmed up to them. BC, as they named him, continued to spend time in the great outdoors, prowling the countryside near the family's rural home. "But he'd always come back in a couple of days, wanting food," Henderson said.

The Hendersons hadn't seen BC for a couple of days when he returned one morning two weeks ago -- with an arrow through his head. "He was walking around; he wasn't stumbling or anything," Henderson told Paw Nation. "He was nudging us, wanting love, and he went straight for his food bowl."

But eating proved problematic, since the protruding arrow bumped against his food dish. Henderson rushed him to the vet, who anesthetized the cat and slid the arrow out. Remarkably, the arrow had glanced off his skull, chipping it but completely missing the brain, Henderson said.

The local sheriff is investigating the cruel attack. Meanwhile, BC is home and staying inside while he recovers. "He's been home for a week and he's doing fantastic. He has no neurological problems whatsoever," Henderson told Paw Nation. But the ordeal did leave him a slightly different cat. "He wants attention like crazy," he said.

"They say cats have nine lives, and he used ten," Henderson added. BC is definitely one lucky feline! But while we dig happy endings, we have to say: Enough is enough. Let's hope this is the last story we hear about cats being used as target practice.

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