Canada rugby sevens captain Olivia Apps has returned to the team after she, another person and her dog were attacked by a cougar on Vancouver Island.
RELATED VIDEO: On Saturday, two women were hiking with their dogs off-leash near Landslide Lake -- a remote area of Strathcona Park when officials say a cougar attacked one of the dogs and bit one of the women.
Rugby Canada confirmed the attack and said the 25-year-old from Lindsay, Ont., “was treated in hospital shortly after for a minor injury and was able to return to training with the national team immediately following the incident.”The Victoria Times-Colonist reported that Apps was bitten last weekend while hiking with another person in Strathcona Provincial Park. One of their two dogs was also attacked by the cougar, which ran off when bear-sprayed.
Apps, who also plays scrum half for the Canadian 15s side, is back training with the sevens team at its home base of Langford, B.C., ahead of the Paris Olympics.Strathcona Provincial Park is the oldest park in British Columbia. Located almost in the centre of Vancouver Island, it is described as a “rugged mountain wilderness comprising more than 250,000 hectares.”
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