Authorities say that an 11-year-old girl was bitten by a mountain lion in Malibu on Sunday night.

Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 32500 block of the Pacific Coast Highway at around 5:45 p.m. after learning of the incident, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Deputies said that the girl's family took her to a nearby hospital afterward. Her condition was not immediately known, but she was said to still be in the hospital on Monday with injuries to her right arm, right leg and lower back.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife took over the investigation, according to LASD. They said that the girl was doing chores around the outside of her family home when the attack happened.

The girl's mother and sibling rushed outside after hearing screaming in t

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