The child, named Maya, escaped with only superficial wounds after the attack on Tuesday night near the town of Brackendale, 40 miles north of the western city of Vancouver, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
The girl's father, Pablo Espinosa, said that his daughter thought the wildcat wanted to play. Maya asked "Why didn't the kitty play nice?"
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Maya and her mother, Maureen Lee, were walking on a wooded trail with their dog when the cougar pounced.
"All of a sudden it just flew on her, rolled her a couple of times and grabbed her," Ms Lee said. She was on her back and (the cougar) had his paws on her head, and I just knew I had to react quick. So I just jumped in there and wedged myself between the cougar and her on the ground," the mother said. Then, "I just got up and threw it off my back and grabbed (Maya) and (ran)."
Maya suffered puncture wounds to her left arm and head, but was reportedly recovering well. The adult male cougar was tracked down and killed by conservation officers on Tuesday night.
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