Mountain Lion Attacks Child in Big Bend National Park
Feb08
Big Bend National Park officials are seeking a mountain lion that attacked and injured a 6-year-old boy as he walked with three other people. Park spokesman David Elkowitz said the boy, who wasn’t identified in a park statement Monday, was treated for puncture wounds and scratches and released from a hospital in Alpine. The lion remains on the loose. Elkowitz says the young boy was walking near the park’s lodge with three other people Sunday evening when he was attacked by a “young lion in very poor condition.”
