Tara was the Bakersfield family cat whose surveillance-video rescue of four-year-old Jeremy Triantafilo from a dog attack became globally known in 2014.

Bakersfield, California, United States

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Tara drove off a dog attacking Jeremy Triantafilo, a moment captured by home surveillance video.

The archive includes the later public attention and the ethical boundary around violent footage.

Tara is archived because companion-animal protection can be sudden, concrete and deeply local.

Sources

• TIME: Pet cat saves boy from attacking dog
• Wikipedia: Tara (cat)
• TIME: Dog chased away by Tara euthanized