Gina Moore knew the cougar could’ve attacked her too
A video circulating online shows the measures farmers will take to save the animals they raise.
Gina Moore raises Nigerian dwarf goats, geese, and cows on her B.C. farm.
And when a cougar attacked one of those goats, she sprang into action.
@abcnewsA farm owner in British Columbia jumped into action when one of her Nigerian dwarf goats fell prey to a cougar. CCTV footage shows the cougar grip the goat’s neck when Gina Moore arrives, shouting at the big cat, before kicking it and chasing it away. “I take protecting my animals very seriously,” she said.
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The video from June 6 shows the four goats, which Moore named after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, running through a barn as the predator gives chase.
The cougar latches onto Donnie and starts biting the goat’s neck.
As the goat is screaming under duress, Moore arrives and repeatedly yells at the cougar to get away.
Moore then kicked the cougar, which released the goat and retreated as Moore continued to chase it away.
“I honestly was just running on adrenaline,” Moore told Storyful. “I knew there was a chance that the cougar would turn on me, so I’d better make whatever I did count.”
Since the attack, Moore has kept the public updated about Donnie’s recovery.
A June 14 post on her Facebook page shows the goat grazing with the others.
“Donnie’s getting better each day,” the post says.
Moore believes construction is pushing predators like cougars and bears closer to communities and her farm.
“Developments are pushing them out of their natural habitat,” she told Storyful.
This isn’t the first cougar attack on a B.C. farm in 2026.
In April, a cougar killed three sheep and an emu at Truffle Farm in Parksville on Vancouver Island.
Farms.com has contacted Moore for more information about the attack and Donnie’s rescue.