A mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy Sunday at Malibu Creek State Park near Los Angeles has been euthanized, California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials confirmed.
Park rangers and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the park area around 4:20 p.m. local time Sunday when a family called for help as a mountain lion attacked their child during a picnic, Fish and Wildlife said in a statement.
Children in the group were playing near the family’s picnic table when the mountain lion grabbed the boy by the head and started to run away with him.
Adults charged the lion, causing it to release the boy. It then climbed up a nearby tree, Fish and Wildlife reported.
The lion remained in the tree until park rangers arrived. After consulting with CDFW officers, the lion was deemed a public safety threat, and …