MELVIN, MI -- The video of a woman being attacked by a cat after she kicked snow at it to protect her dog from the feline has gone viral.

The woman submitted the video of the attack to Fox 2 News in Detroit and it is now making the rounds around the web. It happened at her Melvin home, which is about an hour east of Flint.

The attack was caught on tape by the woman's security camera. As the woman kicks snow at the cat to keep it away from her dog, it lunges and begins scratching and biting her face. According to

, the woman had to be hospitalized after the cat bit her forehead and she contracted cellulitis, and infection caused by bacteria.

The woman took in the cat she called Buddy over the summer. After the attack Sanilac County officials picked Buddy up to test him for rabies. To do so the cat had to be put down. Those tests came back negative.

Amanda Emery is a police reporter for MLive-Flint Journal. Contact her at

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