This is the moment a giant male puma invaded a family’s garden and clasped the neck of a pet dog in its jaw for eight minutes.
The terrified owners in Russia were too frightened to go out as another dog barked furiously at the big cat but was also scared to intervene.
Residents in Kozino village in Moscow region say the puma was the pet of a local oligarch in a nearby elite housing compound Fryaz, home to Russian celebrities.
A pet puma belonging to a Russian oligarch escaped and invaded a family’s garden, clasping dog in its jaws for eight minutes as terrorised people hide inside the house
The puma held one of the dogs in its jaws while the other dog looked on, too scared to intervene
The terrified owners in Russia were too frightened to go out as another dog barked furiously at the big cat
The male cat escaped and terrorised homes in Kozino in the early morning attack.
It spent an hour and a half in local man Alexey Mirankov’s garden before the emergencies services shot the beast with a tranquilliser.
Incredibly, the dog called Zhulya survived its ordeal – as it if the puma was toying with it rather than intending to feast on it.
Incredibly, Zhulya the dog survived its ordeal as it appears the puma was toying with it rather than intending to feast on it
‘I heard my dogs yelping,’ he said.
‘When I went out, I saw a puma holding one of them in its teeth,’ said the shocked householder.
‘I felt lost at first.
The terrified father who owned the house said he was grateful his 5-year-old daughter, who is usually outside at that time, was in the house
‘I immediately thought of my daughter aged five who is usually walking outside at this time – but thankfully she was in the house.
‘When I went back inside, the puma ran after me holding my dog with its teeth.
‘It did not let the dog go for about eight minutes.
‘When I got inside the house, I immediately called the emergency services.’
The puma had stalked his garden from 6.30am looking for the hiding dogs, he said.
The puma had stalked the garden in the Moscow area of Russia from 6.30am looking for the hiding dogs
‘The rescue service came and shot at puma with a tranquilliser.
‘They said it was a young male who escaped from the elite settlement called Gryaz.
‘But the main thing is that my dog Zhulya somehow survived the attack with just a small injury.’
Eventually the emergency services arrived and tranquillised the puma, allowing the dog to escape
Locals are now demanding action against rich Russian oligarchs keeping dangerous animals as pets
Locals are demanding action against rich Russians keeping dangerous animals as pets.
One man said: ‘It was an adult puma.
‘It is not funny and it is not sweet.
‘It can break a neck of a child or an adult in a minute.’