'The child is in stable condition at a local hospital,' Orange County Fire Authority said in a statement
A father heroically saved his toddler from a mountain lion using nothing but what he had on his back — literally.
During a family walk at the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in Orange County, California, on Monday, a mountain lion surprised a father and his three-year-old, attacking the toddler. The father reportedly threw a backpack at the mountain lion to distract it, and the animal dropped the toddler to pick up the backpack. The cat then took the pack up into a tree, CBS Los Angeles“A 3-year-old male was attacked by a mountain lion within Whiting Ranch around 4:15 this afternoon,” the Orange County Fire Authority said in a briefThe toddler was airlifted from the park and taken to the hospital.
CBS Los Angeles reported that the toddler suffered some minor injuries, but was otherwise in stable condition.The mountain lion, however, was reportedly killed after the “Dept of Fish and Wildlife gave local law enforcement the approval to euthanize the lion due to the public safety threat,” according to the OCFA.
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