Adam Borkhus kicked a mountain lion in the face to save his dog Diesel near Cody, Wyoming, but the predator then pounced and knocked him down.

Adam Borkhus was driving along Deer Creek Trailhead, hoping to photograph elk, when his afternoon took a dangerous turn — a mountain lion attacked his Labrador, Diesel, and then turned on him.

A Wyoming photographer kicked a mountain lion in the face to save his Labrador near Yellowstone.

An Army veteran from Cody, Wyoming, found himself in a fight with a juvenile mountain lion after the predator attacked his ...