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Animal attacks boy, 5, in New Mexico mountains
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 19 - 05 - 2008


A large animal attacked a
5-year-old boy while he was hiking with his family in the
New Mexico mountains, seriously injuring him with puncture
wounds to the head, neck and back, authorities said, according to AP.
Jose Salazar Jr. was hiking near Sandia Peak east of
Albuquerque and had run ahead of his parents on Saturday
evening when they heard a scream, Bernalillo County Sheriff
Darren White said.
The boy's parents, Jose and Charlotte Salazar, saw the
animal emerge from the brush and start dragging their son,
White said. The father tried to jump on the animal's back,
and it let go of the boy and fled.
The state Game and Fish Department said in a news release
Monday that the child and his father identified the animal
as a mountain lion from pictures shown to them.
Game and fish spokesman Ross Morgan, however, said dogs
trained to track mountain lions picked up no scent in the
area Saturday night or Sunday. The dogs were brought in
again Monday.
«We're not going to rule out a small bear, cougar and
bobcat at this point,» Morgan said.
The U.S. Forest Service closed the Balsam Glade trail and
campground while the investigation continues. The area is
known to have mountain lions, bobcats, bears, coyotes and
feral dogs.
The boy was hospitalized in serious condition Saturday,
White said. On Monday the Game and Fish Department said the
child was in satisfactory condition. A hospital spokeswoman
said Monday the family declined to make the boy's condition
public.
Attacks by bears and mountain lions on humans are rare. In
New Mexico, a mountain lion attacked and killed an
8-year-old boy in 1974 in Espanola. A bear killed a
93-year-old Mora County woman in her home in August 2001.


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