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(Reuters) -A mountain lion killed a 21-year-old man and gravely wounded his younger brother on Saturday in the foothills of northern California's Sierra Nevada, marking the first fatal cougar ...
Sad news came out of Northern California this past weekend when two brothers were attacked in the woods by a mountain lion, leaving one dead. ABC News reported that it was the first mountain lion ...
The siblings are from Mount Aukum, California − about 35 miles south of where the attack occurred. Wildlife experts later tracked the cougar to a tree it climbed and killed it, according to the ...
USA, Washington, near North Bend — Killed by a cougar while biking in the foothills near North Bend. Another bicyclist was injured, and the cougar was found and killed later that day. [43] [44] [45] September 11, 2018 Diana Bober, 55, Female USA, Oregon — Killed by a cougar in Mount Hood National Forest on the Hunchback Mountain Trail. The ...
The heavily populated state of California saw a dozen attacks from 1986 to 2004 (after just three from 1890 to 1985), including three fatalities. [111] In March 2024, two brothers in California were attacked by a male cougar, with one being fatally wounded; it was the state's first fatal attack in 20 years.
Including the attack in El Dorado County, there have been 22 documented mountain lion attacks involving 24 people in California since 1986, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Recent reports of mountain lion attacks on humans include the May 2022 attack on a hiker in Trinity County who was saved when her dog, a 2½-year-old Belgian Malinois named Eva, fought the cat off ...
The National Park Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in December 2022 that they would capture P-22 to evaluate his health, [45] following a pair of attacks on chihuahuas in the city. [46] Changes in his behavior had also been noticed including appearing to be agitated and venturing farther from his usual range ...