Dogs in the News: Woman Shoots Lion to Save Dog
An 80-year-old woman, Martha Smith, faced off with a lion to protect her dog - and killed it in doing so!
Smith was home alone when she heard her Border collie Bo barking outside. When she looked through the window, she saw the dog confronting a snarling mountain lion.
Without hesitation, she grabbed her .22-caliber rifle, walked outside and fired a shot at the lion - but missed.
She went back inside and called the emergency services but they said they could not come out immediately, so she again took the matters into her own hands.
I knew I’d have to kill him. You can’t have a mountain lion in your yard.”
Dogs in the News: Lab Saves Boy from House Fire
A black Labrador that bit a 13-year-old boy’s foot repeatedly, waking him up, is being credited with saving the boy and two of his friends from a house fire. Christopher Peebles said he woke up Friday morning to feel his dog Laney biting his foot repeatedly in the basement of his family’s home, where he and two friends had spent the night.
