Wildlife Officials Say the Girl Was Bitten Near Her Family’s Chicken Coop

Wildlife officers shot and killed a mountain lion Sunday after it attacked an 11-year-old girl outside her Malibu home, injuring her arm, leg, and lower back, authorities said.

The child was near a chicken coop on her family’s property in the 32500 block of Pacific Coast Highway around 5:30 p.m. when the cougar lunged at her from behind, according to Peter Tira, a spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lost Hills Station and emergency crews rushed to the scene.

The girl’s mother, alerted by her screams, ran to help with one of her other children. A family member discharged a stun gun, and the noise drove the animal away, Tira sai

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