A family group from Woodland Hills watched as a child was taken by a mountain lion while picnicking at Malibu Creek State Park
This photo released by the National Park Service shows an adult female mountain lion in a rocky area of the western Santa Monica Mountains on July 28, 2022. A mountain lion attacked a 5-year-old at Malibu Creek State Park within the Santa Monica Mountains on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. The boy received non-life-threatening injuries. That lion was euthanized by a state park ranger.
On Tuesday, the CDFW matched DNA from the bite marks on the boy with tissue from the cougar carcass, proving it was the animal that attacked the boy. But Weintraub said the city has never had a mountain lion at one of its parks. She had a mountain lion visit the backyard of her home last year in the early morning. “It was quite scary to me,” she said.
“My heart goes out to the child and the family who experienced this attack. We at the National Wildlife Federation are keeping them in our thoughts and we hope for the child’s speedy recovery,” said Beth Pratt, regional executive director of the California, National Wildlife Federation and founder and executive director of The Wildlife Crossing Fund, which is building the largest wildlife crossing in the world over the 101 Freeway, nearby in Agoura Hills.
Yap said the building of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills will connect mountain lions trapped in the Santa Monica Mountains with the larger Simi Hills and beyond, allowing them to hunt and find a mate with a more genetically diverse population. Also, this may remove them from more urban areas, she said.
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