Jan. 06, 2010 This is a True Story of a Dog’s Courageous Protection of its Owner – a Young Boy who was saved from being attacked by a cougar.
A brave retriever named Angel saved a young boy in Canada from a vicious attack from a cougar and saved the boy’s life. It happened in Boston Bar, British Columbia a small town when the boy Austin Forman who is 11 years old was in the backyard gathering firewood at dusk. His dog Angel was strangely acting up and must have sensed the presence of a threat in the area.
Angel started to pace and followed the boy closely as is the instinct of a dog trying to protect the boy when all of a sudden the dog starting running towards a charging cougar to fend off the attack. Angel got right into the thick of it and stopped the cougar from advancing towards Austin.
Photo courtesy of Canadian Press
Austin ran into the house while Angel fought off the cougar and called 911 and when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived they found the cougar had captured Angel and was chewing on the neck area of Angel.
The police officer Chad Gravelle immediately shot the cougar and found Angel had been badly injured by the attack. Blood from the wounds where the cougar had chewed on Angel’s head and neck showed puncture holes and also on the dog’s leg. She remained lifeless but suddenly got up and was coughing up a bit of blood. Angel was taken to the vet immediately and is recovering just fine.
Some may say it is mankind who are living closer to the natural habitat of wild animals and they are forced to try to find food where ever possible. The cougar was a young and skinny female looking for food. The home where Austin lives is near the wilderness area and the Trans Canada Highway. Angel is recovering away from the home for now and Austin is not collecting firewood at night but is leaving his chores for the daylight hours.
Angel is a beautiful dog that the Forman’s adopted although Austin’s father did not want the dog -he can’t say enough about the dog now that she saved his son’s life.
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