Colorado Officials Euthanize Mountain Lion that Attacked 11-Year-Old Girl

An 11-year-old girl in Buena Vista, Colorado, was swatted in the face by a young mountain lion while entering a chicken coop on her family's property. The animal was euthanized by Colorado Parks & Wildlife officers, who found it still in the coop. The girl was treated for a puncture wound and released from the hospital. CPW officers consider the mountain lion's actions to be defensive rather than a stalking-type attack because it did not pursue the girl. Mountain lion attacks are rare, but CPW takes all animal-human encounters seriously.