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Saviour cat Tara in California gets baseball 'offer' US dog scared by hero cat 'put down'
(10 days later)
The cat in California who was caught on video saving a boy from a dog has been invited to "throw" the first pitch at a baseball game. The dog that attacked a four-year-old boy in the US, only to be scared off by a cat, has reportedly been put down.
Tara would appear at the next home game of the minor league team Bakersfield Blaze, its representatives said. Scrappy, an eight-month-old Labrador-Chow mix, was destroyed at an animal shelter in Bakersfield, California, according to website TMZ.
"It sounds crazy. But we've got a trick up our sleeve," team member Dan Besbris said, without giving further details. It was assessed for 10 days after it bit and dragged neighbour Jeremy Triantafilo around by its teeth.
Tara became a YouTube sensation after saving four-year-old Jeremy Triantafilo from the neighbour's dog. Cat Tara pounced and chased it away in an unlikely turn of events shown on CCTV footage that became a viral hit.
The family's CCTV video shows the dog biting and dragging the boy in a driveway in Bakersfield earlier this week. Jeremy - who needed stitches after the attack - praised his cat. "She's a hero," he said.
The cat then pounces on and chases away the dog, described as a Labrador-Chow mix. After the attack, his mother Erica told NBC the dog would be put to sleep if it wasn't possible to rehabilitate it.
Jeremy - who needed stitches after the attack - praised his cat. Last week, the cat "threw" the first pitch at a minor baseball game, when Bakersfield Blaze took on Lancaster Jayhawks.
"She's a hero," he said.
The dog is now in quarantine and is expected to be put down.