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Man who stabbed cougar with spear used ‘significant amount of bravery’: officer
The Canadian Press Sep 9, 2013 01:16:16 PM
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VANCOUVER – A British Columbia conservation officer is marvelling at a man’s bravery for attacking a cougar with nothing but a spear as the cat was mauling his partner.
“I’m pretty sure that this is the first time in B.C., if not Canada and maybe even North America, where someone has stopped an attack by a cougar with a spear and killed it with a spear,” said conservation officer Sgt. Ben York in an interview Monday.
The 60-year-old woman was mauled by the animal late Sunday afternoon while she was gardening outside her home on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
York said her common-law partner was nearby, heard the woman’s screams and quickly came to her aid.
“That’s a significant amount of bravery that he showed,” York said.
“I understand why he did it, but it still takes a lot of bravery to do what he did and I’m glad he was there to rescue her. You know it could have turned out a lot differently if he hadn’t been around.”
The cougar ran off into the bush and the man called for help.
York said a coast guard ship was used to ferry the woman from the island to nearby Tofino and she was then airlifted to hospital in Victoria.
“It’s our understanding that she has undergone surgery and is in post-operative care. (She) is in stable condition and is expected to recover.”
Conservation officers and a cougar hunter with a specially-trained tracking dog landed on the island Monday and quickly found the body of the cougar about 20 metres from the attack site.
He said the man stabbed it several times with the spear and that was the likely cause of death, but a necropsy will also be preformed on the animal to determine what may have caused the animal to jump on the woman.
York said they may never know why the cougar attacked because sometimes cougars look at people as if they’re prey.
He said the couple had had some encounters in the last few months with a cougar that had been acting aggressively towards them. He believes it was the same animal that attacked the woman Sunday.
York said it appears likely the man tried to prepare himself for any kind of event and kept the spear handy.
“It may be that he just looked around for what he had available and made it ready just in case, and as it turned out it was a good idea.”
York said it was obvious the man wasn’t going to let the cougar have the woman without a fight.
“This was his partner of some years, so there’s no way he was going to let that cougar have it’s way.”
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... ttack.html
there's video of the cat and of the dogs arriving to track the lion on the site.
A 60-year-old woman who was attacked by a cougar on a remote island off the west coast of Vancouver Island is recovering in hospital, after her partner fought off the animal with a spear.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was attacked from behind late Sunday afternoon near her home in Cow Bay on Flores Island, about 20 kilometres northwest of Tofino.
The cougar has since been found dead and appears to have died from stab wounds inflicted by the woman's common-law partner.
Flores Island, B.C.
Sgt. Ben York said conservation officers found the cougar's carcass Monday morning.
"They did a quick survey of the incident scene and located where the woman was attacked, and then when they started their more detailed survey, they found the cat dead in the bush, probably about 20 to 25 metres from the attack scene."
The woman was taken by coast guard boat to Tofino and then airlifted to hospital in Victoria. She was initially listed as being in critical condition but was upgraded to stable on Monday morning.
Conservation officers tried to track the cougar two months ago after the same woman had an encounter with the animal, but bad weather prevented the hounds from getting a scent.
York said the couple have lived in a cabin on Flores Island for decades.
A necropsy will be performed on the cougar to try to determine why it attacked the woman.
there's video of the cat and of the dogs arriving to track the lion on the site.
A 60-year-old woman who was attacked by a cougar on a remote island off the west coast of Vancouver Island is recovering in hospital, after her partner fought off the animal with a spear.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was attacked from behind late Sunday afternoon near her home in Cow Bay on Flores Island, about 20 kilometres northwest of Tofino.
The cougar has since been found dead and appears to have died from stab wounds inflicted by the woman's common-law partner.
Flores Island, B.C.
Sgt. Ben York said conservation officers found the cougar's carcass Monday morning.
"They did a quick survey of the incident scene and located where the woman was attacked, and then when they started their more detailed survey, they found the cat dead in the bush, probably about 20 to 25 metres from the attack scene."
The woman was taken by coast guard boat to Tofino and then airlifted to hospital in Victoria. She was initially listed as being in critical condition but was upgraded to stable on Monday morning.
Conservation officers tried to track the cougar two months ago after the same woman had an encounter with the animal, but bad weather prevented the hounds from getting a scent.
York said the couple have lived in a cabin on Flores Island for decades.
A necropsy will be performed on the cougar to try to determine why it attacked the woman.
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After watching the video and hearing that there has been fatal attacks before this, it sounds like it should be a good place to hunt some lion. Does anyone know if they allow lion hunting on this island? If not they should! My prayers go out to this woman and I pray for a speedy recovery.