Mom vs. cougar

Another child saved from cougar attack in B.C.

The cougar had taken the boy to the ground less than three metres outside the church door. Ms. Metzler crossed that space in an instant and, just as she got within striking distance, the cougar raised its head.

“It looked at me, eye to eye,” she said.

Then she wound up with the cleaning rag and whacked the startled cougar so hard that it fled. She scooped up her bleeding son and ran back to the safety of the church.

Dog vs. big cat

Dog gets between cougar and eleven-year-old.

Forman said Angel was recovering Sunday with a local animal caregiver. The dog has numerous puncture wounds around her head and neck, as well as a swollen eye.

Forman said before the attack, Austin had come into the house to tell the family how cute it was that Angel had been following him around.

“She must’ve known something was up,” Forman said.

Last week, when Angel was frolicking in the snow, family members called her a “snow angel,” Forman said.

“Now, she’s our guardian angel.”