Police warned residents in Utah to watch their small children and pets after a dog was attacked by a mountain lion on Tuesday.
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah —
In a social media post, the Pleasant Grove Police Department issued the warning Wednesday after the Utah Department of Wildlife Resources confirmed the attack.The owners of the dog explained that their children were out swimming when their hunting dog, who normally plays with them, was on high alert near their rock wall.The kids went inside and a few minutes later, found their beloved pet on the back porch with an injury.
"My older son immediately came out, well we tried to come out and she wouldn't even let us come out, so she hurry and came in and she kept looking over to the one side of our house, and she came in and she kind of just collapsed," said Crystal Michaelis, who owns the dog."I believe wholeheartedly that she was protecting them because it was within seconds that they came in and this all happened," she said.
Last month, officials trapped and euthanized a mountain lion that was seen in a Pleasant Grove neighborhood.
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