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Cougar attacks seven-year-old boy in B.C., mother pries its jaw open

Apr 2, 2019 | 2:19 PM

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. — The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife’s quick actions for his son’s survival.

Kevin Bromley says his son Zach was playing in the family’s backyard in Lake Cowichan, B.C., on Friday, when a cougar leapt toward him but banged into a fence before clawing its way through.

Kevin says his wife Chelsea heard the fence rattle and looked out to see the cougar trying to drag her son away.