Hero cat: family pet saves Bakersfield boy from dog attack - TomoNews

Surveillance footage posted online shows a family cat rushing to the aid of the family’s four-year old son as he is attacked by a savage dog. Jeremy Triantafilo, was playing innocently outside the family home in Bakersfield, California, when a neighbors dog crept up on him and sank its teeth into his lower leg. As the dog dragged the distressed boy down the driveway, Tara the family cat arrived to save Jeremy, barging into the dog and scaring him away as the boy’s mother ran to help him. Pictures at the end of the video show a nasty bite mark in the boy’s leg and the wounds after they were stitched. Reports added that the dog is now in quarantine and will be euthanized in a few days time.