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100-POUND MOUNTAIN LION ATTACKS GIRL, 6, IN CALIFORNIA PARK

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A nature preserve park in California's Santa Clara County has been temporarily closed after a 6-year-old girl was bitten in the leg by what is believed to be a mountain lion on Sunday morning. The child's injuries were minor. An investigation has been launched to locate and confirm the identity of the animal, which is thought to be an adult male lion, park authorities confirmed.

The incident took place at the Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve near the city of Cupertino around 9:45 a.m. (local time) while the girl was on a walking trail with her family. Her father managed to scare away the animal, which reportedly weighed about 100 pounds, just after it bit the girl in the calf.

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California’s wandering wolf found dead

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California’s most restless wolf has been found dead, spurring a state investigation into her fate.

The body of young female gray wolf OR-54, called “a traveling maniac” by one expert, was discovered in Shasta County on Wednesday, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The state did not say whether she was killed or died naturally. It is the second wolf death in California, following the shooting of a young male wolf in rural Modoc County in December, 2, 2018.

The daughter of OR-7, the first gray wolf to cross into the state from Oregon in almost 90 years, she explored far beyond her father’s footsteps.

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Mountain Lion That Attacked Child In Lake Forest Park Killed

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A young child has been attacked by a mountain lion in Whiting Ranch Park in Lake Forest, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.
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Someone shot an endangered wolf in Northern California. Now, U.S. offers reward for killer

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Federal officials have issued a $2,500 reward for the unsolved 2018 killing of an endangered wolf in Modoc County, California’s first wolf poaching investigation since the predators returned to the state.

On Dec. 2, 2018, Oregon wildlife biologists notified California officials that a black-furred yearling male they’d labeled OR-59 had traveled from a pack in northeast Oregon and crossed the state line into Modoc County.

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