User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/D-Piddy attacked by a Zwei cosplayer at Anime Expo 2015./@comment-25555436-20150711172511/@comment-4010415-20150712074150

For some cats: A source of food and affection. <3

But yeah, there's that, too. I've heard of a Golden Retriever attacking an armed robber and getting shot defending her owner. Luckily, though, the bullet hit her in a way where it slid along her muscles under her skin instead of piercing through her muscles and killing her, so she survived.