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Dog Protects His Owner From Cougar Attack

By: Kelli Bender Aug 29th 2012 11:29AM

Vicious the dog lived up to his name, protecting his owner from a truly dangerous creature. According to the Toronto Sun, Vicious scared off a cougar that attempted to attack his owner, Angela Prime. Prime was in her home, having just gotten off the phone with her husband, when a cougar entered the residence through an open door and approached Prime. The wild animal was only a few feet away from Prime, who was sitting on the couch. After a surreal moment of staring between Prime and the cougar, the animal prepared to pounce on the woman. "I just tried to block myself and raise my leg up and screamed like crazy," Prime told the Toronto Sun. But it was Prime's Collie, Vicious, who ...

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A female cougar cub has made a splash at the Oregon Zoo, where she lives in a maternity den with her mama, Chinook. (Dad Paiute is around in the afternoons.) According to the zoo website, "cougars -- also known as mountain lions, pumas and (in Florida) panthers -- live mostly in the western United States and Canada. They weigh from 75 to 130 pounds and have a carnivorous diet both in the wild and at the zoo." The cub's keepers describe her as "brave and feisty," and quick to come around to being on public display. Says Michelle Schireman, Oregon Zoo cougar keeper, "She's quite the little explorer. Her comfort was the determining factor in our decision to open the exhibit to zoo visitors." ...

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