{"result":"update_story","description":"<p>A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack by punching the animal in the face in the province&#39;s northern Interior.<\/p> <p><img alt=\"&lt;who&gt; Photo Credit: Canadian Press\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"\/files\/files\/images\/4878031e14408c82dba823b3e130282e8b517cc0ee20bc0cdefb2c1bff5ad81e.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><\/p> <p>The province&#39;s Conservation Officer Service says in a social media post that the attack happened on Saturday around 11 am near Smithers, BC, some 1,000 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.<\/p> <p>The service says the man was working near Lake Kathlyn when the animal approached and swiped his upper body, <\/p> <p>The man told officers that he punched the cougar in the face and the animal then disengaged.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1515615292703-0\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\n\t\t<script>\n\t\t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(\"div-gpt-ad-1515615292703-0\"); });\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <p>The service says the man suffered non-life-threatening injuries and did not need to be hospitalized.<\/p> <p>Officers set a live trap in the area and surveyed the scene, but did not locate the cougar, and the service says it is monitoring the vicinity in case another response is necessary.<\/p>","title":"Man punches cougar in face, deters attack near Smithers"}