7th January 2010

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Real life Lassie battles cougar

A Golden Retriever in Canada saved her 11-year-old master from a cougar attack.

Young Austin Forman was gathering wood behind his house in Boston Bar, British Columbia, when the wild cat leapt out of the darkness.

At the same time, his faithful dog, Angel, sprang to his defense.

“The dog obviously knew something was up because she ran towards me just at the right time and the cougar ended up getting her instead,” Forman told CTV (clip below).

Soon the two animals were locked in a death match, with Angel’s head in the cat’s jaws. Austin’s mother called the police and mountie Chad Gravelle arrived at the scene to shoot the cougar dead.

Forman’s cousin pried Angel from the cat’s grasp and, he told CTV, she “sprang back to life.” The first thing she did was check on Forman.

Tags dogsGolden Retrieverscougarsattacks