Tommy Lee’s wife Brittany Furlan heroically snatched their dog out of a coyote’s mouth

Brittany Furlan Lee is willing to go toe-to-toe with a wild animal to protect her fur babies.

The comedian, who is married to Motley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, shared a video of the frightening encounter to Instagram on Tuesday, showing off her bold response to a coyote snatching the couple’s dachshund out of their backyard in the San Fernando Valley.

The clip, captured by a home security camera, sees one of the couple’s dogs running to safety just as another is grabbed by the coyote. Furlan is heard screaming and shouts “No,” running outside after the jackal sprints away with the dog in its mouth. She then yells, “Oh my god, a coyote grabbed Neena” and follows the wild animal just out of view of the camera, where she rescues their 10-year-old dog.

“Neena is safe,” Furlan captioned the video. “I climbed up the wall and grabbed her out of its mouth. Thank God she’s a little bit fat because he couldn’t make it over the wall with her.”

She went on to explain that the incident occurred at 1 p.m. in broad daylight and cautioned other California residents against letting their pets run free. 

“They are getting more brazen and hungry,” she wrote of coyotes. “Please be safe. I’m not even letting the dogs out anymore. This is ridiculous. Hug your babies extra tight.”

Furlan later provided another update, sharing a video of Neena eating puppy treats after the attack. 

“She’s okay, guys,” she said in the video. “Thank you so much to everyone who wrote in. Clearly she’s doing fine. It was a scary day, but this just makes us all be more aware.”

That same day, Furlan spoke to KNBC’s NBC 4 Los Angeles about the incident, sharing that she almost declined the interview because she was still “so shaken up.”

“I was standing at the doorway, thank God I always watch them,” she said, explaining that she initially thought the coyote was a neighbor’s escaped dog before realizing what she was seeing. “This all happened so quickly.”

Furlan also reaffirmed that Neena is doing well, and doesn’t appear to have any bites or wounds but has been “pretty worked up” in the aftermath. As for whether she was concerned about the coyote’s reaction to her fighting back, the comedian said she didn’t think twice about coming to her dog’s rescue.

“I would rather have the coyote attack me and I know that maybe sounds silly, but I love my dogs so much,” she said. “I don’t have children of my own, I just have these dogs and I would do anything for them. I would have punched it, I would have gotten bit, it could have bit my arm, I wouldn’t have cared. I was right up next to it and he saw me and I screamed right in its face and I grabbed her.”

“It was an insane experience,” the former Vine star said, adding that she was just “grateful” to have gotten Neena back.

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Coyotes are native to California and have been known to frequent rural, residential and urban areas, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The government agency offers a full list of tips for encounters with the wild animals, advising residents to “walk dogs on leashes,” especially during the April through August pup rearing season.

“If approached, don’t run,” the agency adds. “Wave arms, make noise and walk toward the coyote until he retreats. Be ‘Big, Bad and Loud.'”  

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