A 5-year-old boy was attacked by a mountain lion at a state park in California.
Over Labor Day weekend in a California state park, a 5-year-old boy was hospitalized after being assaulted by a mountain lion. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife ( CDFW ), the incident happened on Sunday afternoon while a Woodland Hills family was enjoying a picnic at Malibu State Creek Park in the Santa Monica foothills of Southern California. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office claimed that the group was in the park's Tapia Day Use section. A mountain lion attacked a five-year-old boy when the kids were playing close to the family's picnic table, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. The youngster was set free after "one or more adults charged at the lion," according to officials. "Significant but non-life-threatening injuries" were sustained by the kid. Early on Monday, the kid who had been transported to Northridge Hospital Medical Center was released. Witnesses saw the lion ascend a nei...