A group of rafters in Arizona had to use their paddles in a fight for their lives against a mountain lion.
occurred “21 miles downstream from the Salt River bridge, on the White Mountain Apache Nation – which is the north side of the Salt River – in an especially remote area,” Gila County Animal Care & Control Program Manager JC Castaneda said.
A 64-year-old New Mexico resident, who was injured in the attack on March 16, is still very sore but expected to survive, Castaneda added.the victim, 10 other rafters attempted to fight it off using their rafting paddles. Eventually, they kept the lion at bay while other campers headed to safety on their rafts.Castaneda said the White Mountain Apache Tribe sent a group of U.S.
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