In California, authorities killed a mountain lion after it attacked 3-year-old boywho received «severe wounds» to the neck in a natural Park whiting ranch (Whiting Ranch) to lake forest.
The incident occurred on Monday, January 20, at about 16:15 hours of the day.
According to the captain of the fire protection orange County Tony Bommarito, the victim was hospitalized in stable condition.
As told to Tony Bommarito, Cougar grabbed the child by the neck during the attack. Authorities evacuated all the people from the Park, searching for a mountain lion that was seen on the tree with a backpack in his mouth.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
The fact that when the mountain lion grabbed the child, the father threw predator backpack, and Puma released the boy told the press-Secretary of the Sheriff’s Department orange County Carrie brown.
«The Department of fish and wildlife California gave local authorities permission to euthanize the lion because of the threat to public safety», — said in a written statement the fire Department.
According to the Department of the nature of the state Park, whiting ranch was previously registered two attacks by mountain lions. Both occurred in January 2004. Then 35-year-old man was killed and a 30-year-old woman survived, but suffered serious wounds.
The last confirmed mountain lion attack on a human in California occurred in may 2019 in the nature reserve Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve in San Diego. Then he was wounded 4-year-old child.
Park whiting ranch will be closed until approximately noon Tuesday, January 21.
