Associated Press - November 27, 2009 7:44 AM ET

BELLEVUE, Iowa (AP) - An animal made a Thanksgiving meal out of a cable line, knocking out cable and internet service to roughly 1,000 customers in an eastern Iowa town.

The disruption occurred Thursday afternoon in Bellevue, near Dubuque.

Officials say service is slowly being restored to subscribers of Bellevue's municipal cable system.

One official says cable and Internet service was restored by about 8:30 p.m Thursday, but that it's taking time to get all customers back on line.

Information from: Telegraph Herald, http://www.thonline.com

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