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'This is mom life': B.C. woman breastfeeding child saves pet goose from eagle

"It was just that fight-or-flight response to get it to drop her," said a North Saanich mom who scared off an eagle that attacked her beloved goose, Frankie.

Video of encounter had more than a million views on TikTok as of Wednesday

Mother Cait Oakley runs out of her home to save her goose from an eagle attack. (Mike Lazic)

A Vancouver Island mom has achieved a small measure of internet fame after managingto save her family's belovedgoose from an eagle attackas she was breastfeeding her infant daughter.

Video of the attack at Cait Oakley's North Saanich homewas posted to social media and has garnered more than a million views.

"This is mom life," said Oakley of her maternal multitasking.

Oakley, a stay-at-home mom of three, was nursing her baby girl when her goose Frankie came to the front door screaming around 6:30 p.m. Monday.

An eagle had swoopeddown and grabbed Frankie, dragging her a few metres.

Half-dressed and holding her daughter, Oakley ran at the bird, whichlet go of Frankie and flew away.

"It's just that fight-or-flight response," she said.

Oakley's home security camera captured the incident and her husbandposted it on TikTokwith Oakley's full support.As of Wednesday, the video had more than a million views.

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B.C. woman forced to think fast to rescue goose from eagle

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Caitlin Oakley was in the middle of breastfeeding her daughter when she saw an eagle attacking her family's goose and had to act fast to stop it.

Oakley said Frankie is a valued member of the family, protecting the chickens that they keep on their property.

"She's like my fourth child," Oakley said. "She follows me around the yard ... she'll nip at our clothes for a treat. She's just such a large presence."

Oakley said an eagle took one of their chickenslast week. They'vemade some changes, such as adding netting, to protect the animals on their property.

As for Frankie, the attack and her subsequentbrush withinternet fame haven't changed her onebit.

"She's totally fine super sassy, as always."