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Our family pets do a lot more than just sleep, eat, play, cuddle and act adorable. Many have been captured on video protecting their families from threats and harm, especially younger children and babies. Oftentimes the pets who come to the aid of their owners are dogs. Such type of loyal, fearless behavior is instinctual to them and in line with their nature. Plus, dogs are usually larger in size, which serves well to deter anyone from attacking.
However, it’s not always the pet pooch who comes to the rescue, sometimes it’s the family cat! Just a few years ago a video went super viral of a kitty leaping into action in order to help a small boy who was being attacked by a neighbor’s dog. The child was bit several times before the cat stepped in and fought the vicious dog off!
While the danger was clear and present in the aforementioned incident, in this clip it’s not so straightforward. The home surveillance video captured a woman bouncing a ball back and forth with a young boy. It’s believed that she is either a babysitter or the child’s mother, but when the boy tosses the ball back to her it ends up hitting a glass on the coffee table, causing it to fall and break.
Meanwhile, upstairs off camera the black and white family cat had been hanging out. When he heard the glass shatter and the ensuing commotion he jumped up and ran down the stairs to check it out. When he arrived on the scene he was greeted by the sight of the woman picking up the sharp pieces of glass and her gently pushing the young boy away from the dangerous shards.
At this point the cat see’s the startled child crying and he senses the woman’s stress. Beyond that, the kitty only seems to see red, and his protection instinct kicks right in! Moments later the cat jumps into attack mode as he starts batting at the woman to push her away from the boy. It works because she runs away from him and tries to fend off the attack. That’s one scary cat, I definitely wouldn’t want to face his razor sharp claws and teeth!
The clip shows that the cat is only going after the woman, he never once hits or attacks the little boy. And while the child was never in any danger from the woman, the cat naturally assumed he was and reacted without a moments hesitation. The protective kitty likely heard the child crying and decided to defend him since he was clearly the most defenseless person in the room.
All in all, the cat seems to have adjudged the woman to be a threat and from there on out he tried to keep her away from the little boy. If in the future the child is ever in real danger, it’s reassuring to know that his cat will try his hardest to protect him.
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