Hero Cat Saves Boy From Dog Attack In Amazingly Candid Video - Boy Gives First Television Interview

Think the phrase "scaredy cat" applies to all felines? Think again.
A little boy was riding his bicycle in the driveway of his Bakersfield, California, home when he was suddenly attacked by a neighbor's dog, ABC affiliate KERO reported. Luckily, the family cat, Tara, came to the rescue.
The scary encounter was all caught on camera and uploaded to YouTube by the boy's father, Roger Triantafilo, who noted the kitty's amazing feat.

"My cat defends my son during a vicious dog attack and runs the dog off before he can do additional damage," Triantafilo wrote in in the video's description. "Thankfully, my son is fine!"
The child's mother told KERO he needed a few stitches but is OK otherwise.
Update: TMZ reports the dog is in the custody of animal control officers and, due to its continued aggressive nature, will likely be put to sleep.
This story has been updated with information about the dog's future.

This morning, everyone lost their shit over Tara, the hero cat of Bakersfield who saved her owner's 4-year-old son from an unprovoked dog attack in one of the greatest cat videos of all time. Now, Tara finally speaks. Kind of.

Bakersfield's local ABC affiliate dispatched a crew to the boy's home this afternoon, where his parents spoke about the dog incident and how their 4-year-old rescue cat Tara swung into crazy protective mama cat action. Four-year-old Jeremy interjected with typical toddler non-sequiturs — "THAT'S A MEAN DOG!" "I GOT AN OWIE!"— while his father explained that it wasn't until after the incident that he realized that his security footage would help him piece together what happened. That raw footage is available on ABC23's website.

But far more interesting is Tara's turn in the spotlight, where the crew positions the cat on a chair next to the kid she helped rescue and the kid does gentle kid stuff to the cat like hold her leg and pet her on the head.

Jumping between an attacking dog and a small child might be unorthodox cat behavior, but barely tolerating the affections of doting humans is not. Cat celebs: they're just like regular cats.

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