Last week in Canada, a man punched a fully grown cougar in the head in order to save his beloved huskies.

Will Gibb, a 31-year-old technician from Red Deer, had just gone through the drive through at a Tim Hortons and let his two dogs, Sasha and Mongo, out of the truck to run around the parking lot. Soon after the two dogs exited the car Gibbs heard Sasha yelping in pain and went running to save her, apparently not realizing the animal that had her in its grips was a cougar until he had punched it in the side of the head.

Initially following the punch the cougar ran back into the woods while Gibbs attempted to pick up Sasha’s body. However the cougar soon returned and Gibbs was left fending it off with one arm while protecting Sasha with the other. Eventually Sasha ran for safety, causing the cougar to go after Mongo. Gibbs reportedly picked up a big stick, and got between the two, chasing the cougar back into the woods.

Sasha was quickly tended to at a local veterinary clinic wile local police found and killed the cougar, a species that is usually much more reclusive.

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