One hard kick sent the cougar running. The goat lived.

A cougar slipped into a farm enclosure near Nanaimo, British Columbia, and pinned a baby Nigerian dwarf goat, until farm owner Gina Moore ran into the pen and kicked the predator hard enough to send it running. Security cameras caught the whole thing, which lasted only seconds. The goat survived. Moore told interviewers she understood exactly what she was risking. "I knew there was a chance that the cougar would turn on me, so I'd better make whatever I did count," she said. According to ABC News, the cat had already grabbed the goat by the time she intervened. Moore keeps geese, cattle and the dwarf goats on her property, and she said protecting them turned personal after a black bear killed her miniature horse last year. She believes rural development is pushing wildlife closer to farms. Adrenaline carried her through, she said. The fear arrived later, once the goat was safely back home.