UNITED STATES—Tara a 7-year-old female cat looks out at the media after being presented with the 33rd Annual National Hero Dog Award by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals-Los Angeles (SPCALA), Tara became a YouTube sensation with the video 'My Cat Saved My Son' after she fought off a neighbors dog that attacked her owners son Jeremy in the driveway of their Bakersfield, California home. The SPCALA broke with tradition by presenting the award to a cat.