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Canadian Mother Wrestles Cougar Off Her Daughter Barehanded
shortnews ^ | 06/20/2009

Posted on 06/20/2009 8:06:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono

Canadian mother Maureen Lee has fought off a cougar that leapt onto her daughter during a walk in the woods with her bare hands. Seeing her child pinned she dove between the two and threw the large cat off before scooping up her child and running.

Her three-year-old daughter, who thought the animal just wanted to play, is recovering nicely from puncture wounds on her head and arm. The cougar fared less well - conservation officers located it and killed it.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: canada; cougar; mountainlion; wildlife
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To: ko_kyi
Tagging cougars was practically a hobby of mine.

Then I got married.

21 posted on 06/20/2009 9:47:36 AM PDT by Bratch
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To: JoeProBono

22 posted on 06/20/2009 9:47:51 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: JoeProBono

We just found Cougar tracks in my backyard, it’s a little weird now being armed why I let my dogs out I must say............


23 posted on 06/20/2009 9:49:45 AM PDT by cmsgop (Another proud graduate of the Larry Storch school of posting)
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To: Covenantor

Exactly! One a day is unbelievable. I’ve hunted deer and elk over fifty years and never seen a cougar in the wild, of course the ones in the wild fear man.


24 posted on 06/20/2009 9:51:56 AM PDT by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: pallis

Sounds to me as though the mother tagged the cougar pretty good.


25 posted on 06/20/2009 10:10:28 AM PDT by DPMD (~)
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
If she'd wrestled a cougar off her son it wouldn't be news. (Or appreciated.)

Cougar



26 posted on 06/20/2009 10:56:19 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: JoeProBono; george76

Nice kitty!


27 posted on 06/20/2009 10:57:21 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: DuncanWaring

In the absence of tags, I’m guessing the same way they’d identify a human perp - pawprints, distinguishing features, blood splatters, etc.


28 posted on 06/20/2009 11:01:33 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: Slings and Arrows

Whoa!
And I thought a prevert was the only child predator....
;o]


29 posted on 06/20/2009 11:02:59 AM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: Monkey Face

Where’s Chris Hansen when we need him?


30 posted on 06/20/2009 11:10:27 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: Slings and Arrows

Yepper!


31 posted on 06/20/2009 11:14:37 AM PDT by Monkey Face (RUN, SARAH, RUN! ~~ (Stolen from redhead))
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To: jazusamo
THX!!


32 posted on 06/20/2009 11:22:35 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Theyre not allowed to carry guns for protection, are they? And know how to use them, of course. Fortunate toddler and very brave Mama. Sorry about the Mountain Lion (cougar, catamount, etc) death. But we can't have kitties killing toddlers.
33 posted on 06/20/2009 11:23:05 AM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann in 2012. With Liz Cheney as Secretary of State.)
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To: Daffynition

34 posted on 06/20/2009 11:26:20 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

“Canadian cougar? Wasn’t me.”

35 posted on 06/20/2009 11:30:58 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: VanDeKoik

It was probably a mothers instinct plus a gallon of adrenlin. That makes up for the difference between species in this case...


36 posted on 06/20/2009 11:57:59 AM PDT by goat granny
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To: Slings and Arrows

Hysterical Canadian Cougar poster.

Thanks.


37 posted on 06/20/2009 12:46:17 PM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Uh, Mr. President, did you lose your contact lense OR ARE YOU PRAYING?)
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To: NaughtiusMaximus

Thank you - I worked hard to steal that.


38 posted on 06/20/2009 12:46:51 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: HighlyOpinionated

39 posted on 06/20/2009 12:50:54 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("If Dick Cheney is Darth Vader, then Barack Obama is Jar-Jar Binks!")
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To: Slings and Arrows; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
Thanks for the ping Slings and Arrows.


40 posted on 06/20/2009 2:39:05 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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