CALGARY --
Maddi, a 12-year-old SPCA rescue, is recovering after a weekend attack by a predatory cat in Kananaskis Country that was thwarted by her owner.
Dawn Graham was walking Maddi on-leash near Mount Kidd RV Park, off of Highway 40, on Sunday afternoon when a cougar approached them from behind. The wildcat pounced on the dog, pinning her to the ground.
Graham began to angrily shout at the cougar, prompting the cat to release the dog and run off.
The mixed-breed dog — said to be part golden retriever, part husky, part Weimaraner and part malamute — suffered scratches under her eye, teeth marks to her head and a puncture wound on her lip.