Parents Call 911 After Mountain Lion Attack

PlusParents Call 911 After Mountain Lion AttackParents Call 911 After Mountain Lion AttackThe Associated PressA large animal attacked a 5-year-old boy hiking with his family in New Mexico, seriously injuring him with puncture wounds to the head, neck and back, authorities said. (May 20)A popular hiking trail and campground in New Mexico remain closed after some type of animal attacked a five-year-old boy.(SOT: CHARLOTTE SALAZAR/MOTHER)WE HEARD HIM START SCREAMING.Jose Salazar, Junior, was hiking with his family Saturday night on the Balsam Glade Trail when an animal emerged from the brush and dragged him away.(911 CALL)MY SON WAS JUST ATTACKED BY A MOUNTAIN LION OR BOBCAT.(WIFE) BOBCAT, (DAD) BY A BOBCAT.(MOM) HE'S PRETTY BAD. His parents immediately called 9-1-1.(911 CALL)HE'S JUST BUNCHED UP AND HIS SCALP IS CUT UP REAL BAD. (OPERATOR) OKAY WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? (DAD) ABOUT 5 MINUTES AGO. (BOY) (CRYING) I DON'T WANT .Salazar has puncture wounds to his head, neck and back. Game and Fish officials say he's in satisfactory condition at a hospital. Investigators initially said the attacking animal could be a small bear, cougar or bobcat.(SOT:SALAZAR)AS I WAS RUNNING UP TO IT, IT GRABBED HIS HEAD AND STARTED DRAGGING HIM DOWN HILLSIDE.(SOT: ROSS MORGAN/NM DEPT OF GAME AND FISH) WE'LL HAVE SOME SALIVA AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO, HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE THAT TO A GUY THAT RUNS DOGS FOR BEARS, HE CAN THEN SEE IF HIS DOGS WILL KEY IN ON THAT.After viewing pictures, the Salazar family identified the animal as a mountain lion. Dogs trained to track mountain lions picked up no scent Saturday or Sunday. They returned to the trail Monday. Bear and mountain lion attacks on humans are rare. A mountain lion killed an eight-year-old New Mexico boy in 1974.___ ___, The Associated Press.

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[crycampos]

the kid actually DIDN'T turn out disfigured asshole...that's terrible you can say something so mean about a five yr old...i'm sure you wouldn't want someone saying that about your kid(when or if you have one) or a family member if they got in an accident. it doesn't necessarily have to be a mountain lion attack accident, but maybe a car crash or fire reported on the news....i swear, most of these comments on here are made by real childish or ignorant people; and your one of them.

[Douglas12982]

So do mountain lions only attack "spics?" If "you" had a 5 year old child "it" would've attacked regardless. I am very tired of piss poor discriminate uneducated comments. Get a life for all of our sakes.

[funnycoco12]

Wow Jose ur so dumb ur a freaking idiot..that's a video game fool.

[josevanreyes]

That happens to me all the time in red dead redemption. DEAL WITH IT.

[HelloThar9]

They couldn't tell the difference between a bobcat and a mountain lion? Christ.

[PGTRegard]

@ak47proshooter If its really hungry or if you are messing with its young.

[gwugluud]

People want "wildlife conservation", but then they start bawling when things like this INEVITABLY happen...

[doughesson]

@jfkjrlover So,show us the way and end it for yourself.If humans are so bad,why are you still living?

[doughesson]

@NintendoPalkia No,hunters see animals as a resource to be protected.We hunt them to keep their numbers down to what the local habitat can support without any of them starving to death. Dangerous animals which are hunted fear humans & are less likely to attack them for food or territorial disputes.

[MisterPeetBull]

the mountain lion was trying to do the world a favor. one less spic woulda been nice

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