Two brothers were victims of mountain lion assault in California, weekend. One of them died and one other was injured, in an occasion that had not been recorded in the state for twenty years.
Taylen Brooks, 21, was recognized as the deadly sufferer of the assault that occurred on Saturday afternoon.
Wyatt Brooks, the sufferer’s brother, is in the hospital with wounds on his facein line with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department.
The deadly assault occurred in Georgetowna distant a part of El Dorado County, about 100 miles northeast of Sacramento, the state capital.
Brothers They were collecting deer antlers when the puma attacked themin line with the youthful brother who known as the police asking for assist.
First deadly assault in 20 years
This was the first deadly mountain lion assault in California in 20 years. The final recorded occurred in the south of the state in 2004 in Orange County, in line with info from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW).
The older brother died at the scene of the assault and the puma was subsequent to the physique when authorities arrived, police defined.
The cougar was caught by CDFW guards after which euthanized.authorities mentioned.
The puma was a male that weighed roughly 90 kilos and seemed to be in wholesome situation. The animal was no more than a yr previous and its younger age means that it had no searching expertise.
The authorities are investigating the causes that led the puma to assault the brothers.
