A Grand Forks man is being credited with saving the life of his daughter鈥檚 dog, after it was attacked by a full grown cougar near Christina Lake.
The incident occurred Saturday April 9, at about 1 p.m, and less than 15 metres from Highway 3, near the New Horizons Motel.
Ian Orser said the attack was sudden and frightening.
鈥淚 ran over and kicked the cougar in the head, and it let the dog go. I grabbed a stick and I started screaming at it.鈥�
The dog鈥檚 head was completely inside the cat鈥檚 mouth, said Orser.
鈥淚t was totally scary and probably, if you thought about it, you probably wouldn鈥檛 have done it. But it had our dog鈥 really think a few more seconds would have been too late.鈥�
When faced with Orser and his stick, the cougar 鈥渟auntered鈥� away.
Orser and his daughter Megan immediately rushed the dog to the veterinary clinic in Grand Forks, fearful during the 21 km drive that he just 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 make it.鈥�
The Shepherd-Ridgeback cross, known as Red, received approximately 25 stitches at the veterinary clinic in Grand Forks 鈥� at a cost of $400 鈥� and is recovering this week.
The local Conservation Office (CO) was notified immediately.
鈥淭he CO officers, they were awesome. They were really good about it.鈥�
Officers headed to the scene within minutes of receiving the call, and they told Orser later that the cougar was tracked and euthanized.
鈥淭hey said it was an old, emaciated cougar in pretty rough shape鈥e was probably hungry and not very good at hunting anymore.鈥�
Orser declined to comment on the courage it took to attack the cougar with a kick 鈥� while wearing soft soled shoes 鈥� but remarked happily that 鈥渕y daughter thinks I鈥檓 a hero.鈥�
Black Press has reached out to the CO for comment.
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