Cat wins L.A. shelter's Hero Dog Award for saving kid from canine

[TexasTowelie]

LOS ANGELES — For the first time, a Los Angeles shelter’s Hero Dog Award has gone to a cat.

In May 2014, Tara the cat fought off a dog that attacked her 6-year-old owner as he rode his bicycle in the driveway of the family’s Bakersfield home.

Tara body-slammed Scrappy, a chow mix that lived next door, when the dog got out of his yard, ran for Jeremy Triantafilo, grabbed his leg and started shaking from side-to-side. Tara chased the dog toward its home. It was later euthanized.

Jeremy, who is autistic and had to have eight stitches, calls Scrappy a “bad dog,” said his dad, Roger Triantafilo. About Tara, Jeremy said, “She is my hero.”

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150619-cat-wins-l.a.-shelter-s-hero-dog-award-for-saving-kid-from-canine.ece

[font color=330099]Good kitteh![/font]

[shenmue]

1. Hugs

[rhett o rick]

2. Love that cat. nm

[mackerel]

3. I remember seeing a clip of that awesome cat. I think someone here posted

the attack.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. See vid below!

[Surya Gayatri]

4. A worthy feline never backs down from a fight. She choses her battle wisely and then goes for it.

Well done you good girl.

[Surya Gayatri]

5. Here she is in action!

[Tess49]

7. Never mess with a mama cat and her baby!! Just saying ...