A boy is recovering after being attacked by a mountain lion in rural San Mateo County on Tuesday evening.
A San Mateo County sheriff’s spokesperson said the department received a distress call at 6:50 p.m. from a hiking site about nine miles southeast of Half Moon Bay.
By the time deputies arrived, the child had been taken by an unknown party to a nearby hospital. His age was not released.Advertisement Acosta did not provide further details on the boy’s wounds. He noted that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife would be taking over the investigation.
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