--- description: When this cat thought it wasn't getting enough attention, it decided to take matters into its own paws. title: Watch This Cat Tackle An Unsuspecting Child to the Ground image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Cat Tackle an Unsuspecting Child to the Ground  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 7, 2015 6:02 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 7, 2015 6:02 PM CUT When this cat thought it wasn’t getting enough attention, it decided to take matters into its own paws. In the clip, a tabby is seen playfully following a toddler in a puffy snowsuit. The two seem to be getting along just fine until the child turns around. The sneaky feline takes advantage of the opportunity by body slamming the little girl to the ground. The video, posted by YouTube user [John Brown](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQi12Z6MBCxF9pePAVSRhrg "undefined"), was uploaded on Dec. 4 and has been watched over 854,800 times to date. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4138752/cat-video-child-tackle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4138752/cat-video-child-tackle/"},"headline":"Watch This Cat Tackle an Unsuspecting Child to the Ground","datePublished":"2015-12-07T18:02:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:26.599Z","description":"Me-ow!","url":"https://time.com/4138752/cat-video-child-tackle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cats","Toddler"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4138752/cat-video-child-tackle/","name":"Watch This Cat Tackle an Unsuspecting Child to the Ground"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Inside New York's First Cat Cafe","description":"Meet the cats of NYC's first cat cafe, Meow Parlour, and hear more about the growing trend of paying to play with cats from the cafe's two owners.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/0MiiFeak/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-12T19:30:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/0MiiFeak.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4138752/cat-video-child-tackle/","duration":"PT1M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4138752/cat-video-child-tackle/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```