Mom pulls three-year-old daughter from cougar’s grasp in Squamish (source: Vancouver Sun)

When Maureen Lee took her three-year-old daughter Maya salmonberry-picking along the Squamish River, she thought it would be a peaceful break from a day of packing for her family’s move to Mexico this weekend. They were on a trail in Fisherman’s Park — about five minutes from their home in Squamish’s Brackendale neighbourhood — when Lee noticed movement in the bushes. She thought it was a dog, but quickly realized it was a cougar. The cat jumped onto Maya, pinned her in a fetal position and gripped her head with its claws, Lee said Wednesday, recounting the Tuesday evening attack. “I just knew I had to get between them.” Click here to read full story.