Mountain Lion Attacks 7-Year-Old California Boy and Bites his Buttocks

In the most recent news, in the state of California, a 7-year-old boy was assaulted by an angry wild animal that sprung from the woods.

Mountain Lion Incident in California

According to Captain Patrick Foy of the California Division of Fish and Conservation in his interview with NBC12, the victim, who happen to be a youngster, as well as his father were heading up steps at Pico Canyon Park in Stevenson Ranch just over 7:00 P.M. on Monday when the mountain lion struck, when all of a sudden, the youngster started yelling in agony.

At this moment, his father realized that his son was in danger and when he looks at him, the father saw that the mountain lion bit his child.

The wild animal was scared off by the boy's father sprinting towards it so that it withdrew home immediately into the woods.

The 7-year-old was taken to the medical facility and examined for non-life critical hamstring issues.

Mountain lions, frequently referred as cougars or pumas, are thought to number between 4,000 and 6,000 in California. They may be found in arid regions, woodlands, as well as mountainous areas.

Their usual food source is different species like deer, which are likewise frequent these areas, the KLTV recently reported.

Wildlife assaults are pretty uncommon, yet they do occur.

Mountain lions do not hunt people for food, but lions who harm people are frequently thin and malnourished, indicating that they have found it difficult to obtain fresh produce in their normal nesting sites.

In the statement given by the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, they noted that the nature reserve is presently restricted till associated documents are given due to an aggressive Mountain Lion seen in the neighborhood.

Presently, the event is being investigated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to know more about the incident and to create a security boundary for everyone.

Law enforcement agencies collected a sampling frame from the boy's puncture injury to establish which living creature was responsible for the incident.

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7-Year-Old California Boy Bitten by Mountain Lion

Mountain lions in southern California are frequently equipped with GPS transmitters so that the National Wildlife Management can track the number of mountain lions in the area.

While, as per the update from WLOX, the kid's father told the media that the mountain lion they saw does hardly seem to be dressed in one of the GPS transmitters.

In an effort to capture the lion, a box cage has been erected in the vicinity.

Mountain lion hunting is forbidden in California, although government agencies may trap living creatures that pose a specific potential danger to living beings.

Annually, the agency receives large numbers of reports of mountain lion spotting. A small percentage of them are regarded a clear and present danger to humanity.

Those deemed a direct potential risk to community members are taken into care.

Human-mountain lion power struggles have grown in previous times. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife attributed this to towns expanding into remote parts of the country.

Mountain lions will, rvery once in a while, venture into inhabited, smaller cities, where they may cause confrontation. They are frequently drawn to these regions by cattle or domestic animals.

Disputes involving both the humans and mountain lions are handled quickly by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

Newsweek has reached out to the bureau for response.

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