Alberta man punches cougar in the face to save his dog

[bigheadfred]

“I let my dog out quickly to go to the bathroom and within less than 30 seconds, she starts crying out,” Gibb told Global News. “So I went and saw something wrapped around her – I didn’t even know what it was.

    “I went over and hit the thing in the head. It ended up being a cougar and I thought, ‘what the heck?’”

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Kalis encourages anyone in a similar incident to call police immediately and cautions against throwing punches.

    “It’s not recommended [to punch a cougar in the face] but people act out of emotion sometimes when their animals or loved ones are involved."

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Mears also provided some tips to help discourage cougars:

    Never feed them

http://globalnews.ca/news/3150158/alberta-man-punches-cougar-in-the-face-to-save-his-dog/

@EC @mystery-ak  If this needs to be moved to a different area please do. I wasn't sure which category to post it in.

[endicom]

He could be related to kanawa.

[Frank Cannon]

Alberta man punches cougar in the face to save his dog

This is outrageous. Since when is punching a horny middle age woman acceptable?

[Quix]

“I let my dog out quickly to go to the bathroom and within less than 30 seconds, she starts crying out,” Gibb told Global News. “So I went and saw something wrapped around her – I didn’t even know what it was.

    “I went over and hit the thing in the head. It ended up being a cougar and I thought, ‘what the heck?’”

snip

Kalis encourages anyone in a similar incident to call police immediately and cautions against throwing punches.

    “It’s not recommended [to punch a cougar in the face] but people act out of emotion sometimes when their animals or loved ones are involved."

snip

Mears also provided some tips to help discourage cougars:

    Never feed them

http://globalnews.ca/news/3150158/alberta-man-punches-cougar-in-the-face-to-save-his-dog/

@EC @mystery-ak  If this needs to be moved to a different area please do. I wasn't sure which category to post it in.

I gather it worked?

What did the cougar do next?

[geronl]

I gather it worked?

What did the cougar do next?

I am assuming it ran away. Maybe he caught it by surprise...

[Quix]

I am assuming it ran away. Maybe he caught it by surprise...

Sounds like it to me, too.

Thx.

[Suppressed]

I gather it worked?

What did the cougar do next?

Geez, the story says...

"Gibb said his yells, screams and kicks kept the cougar at bay until his brother called him back to Sasha, who had run toward a church. As soon as they got to a veterinary clinic nearby, they called RCMP, who notified Fish and Wildlife officers.

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"Whitecourt RCMP Sgt. Tom Kalis said there’s a wooded area near the Tim Hortons, which is where police found the cougar in a crouched attack position. Fish and Wildlife officers arrived about an hour after the incident, he said, and the cougar was destroyed."

[Quix]

Geez, the story says...

"Gibb said his yells, screams and kicks kept the cougar at bay until his brother called him back to Sasha, who had run toward a church. As soon as they got to a veterinary clinic nearby, they called RCMP, who notified Fish and Wildlife officers.

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"Whitecourt RCMP Sgt. Tom Kalis said there’s a wooded area near the Tim Hortons, which is where police found the cougar in a crouched attack position. Fish and Wildlife officers arrived about an hour after the incident, he said, and the cougar was destroyed."

Thanks. Sometimes I obviously need to read the whole story.

For some mystifying reason, I thought I had, in this case.