China Scene: West

Woman fights off beast to protect granddaughter

A woman fought against a wild goat in her house to protect her granddaughter in Shaanxi province.

Huo Xuedan, 52, a farmer in Xijie village of Fufeng county, was playing with her granddaughter at home on Saturday afternoon when a takin, a goat-like antelope, rushed into her house. In order to protect her kid from the wild animal, Huo held the takin's horns as the child escaped.